Elizabeth Taylor kept within the faith she adopted, even at the end of her life. The actress, who died on Wednesday at the age of 79, was buried the next day in accordance with Jewish tradition.
The service was presided over by Rabbi Jerry Cutler, who also presided over the funerals of Shelley Winters and Walter Matthau.
Although born Christian, she converted to Judaism in 1959. Two of her seven husbands, Mike Todd and Eddie Fisher, were Jewish.
She was also a supporter of Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, visiting the campus in 1983.
