A few days ago, a video purporting to show Elvis Presley singing a Rosh Hashana greeting to Jews started doing the rounds on social media.
When I first saw it, my immediate reaction was “Wow, the King is acknowledging his Jewish roots!”
Alas, it was a “deep fake” video created by a talented Israeli called Yishay Raziel.
It turns out I wasn’t the only one impressed with the video. His ex-wife Priscilla was also wowed by it:
By the way, Elvis did attempt speaking and singing in Hebrew. For real.