â??I, Mrs. Michael Todd, née Elizabeth Taylor, do declare in the presence of God I seek the fellowships of the people of Israel,â? she softly states.
There is something precious, even spiritual, about listening in on Elizabeth Taylorâ??s conversion to Judaism. While not accompanied by a visual image or footage from the 1959 conversion at Temple Israel in Hollywood, the recording of Taylor reciting â??Sh'ma Yis'raâ??eil Adonai Eloheinu Adonai echadâ? (â??Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is Oneâ?) is strikingly emotionalâ??even if you worship celebrities rather than the Almighty.
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