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Israeli Hollywood star Gal Gadot votes in 26th Israeli Knesset elections

No matter how famous she is in Hollywood, Gadot proved her heart is still blue and white as she joined an estimated 70,000-plus Israelis living abroad who returned home to vote.

A superhero in every field. Gal Gadot.
Caroline Langford.

British-born Israeli actress Caroline Langford dies at 68 after battle with cancer

Hayden Panettiere poses at the 6th Annual Hollywood Style awards at the Armand Hammer museum in Los Angeles, California.

American 'Heroes,' 'Nashville' actress Hayden Panettiere dies at 36

From left: Jerusalem Film Festival artistic director Orr Sigoli, Jerusalem Film Festival director Roni Mahadav-Levin, Jerusalem Cinematheque executive board chairman Dani Mimran, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, and Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa.

Jerusalem Film Festival opens 43rd edition at Sultan's Pool with 6,000 guests


Iranian actress arrested after showing solidarity with executed protester

The arrest came a week after she published a post on Instagram showing solidarity with Mohsen Shekari, a protester who had been executed.

Taraneh Alidoosti at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France, May 26, 2022.

Natalie Portman says rising antisemitism ‘painful,’ ‘frightening’

“This hatred must be combatted with boundless love for each other,” Portman said.

Natalie Portman attends the premiere of "Pachinko" at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, US, March 16, 2022.

Shira Haas: Israeli star to make superhero waves with Marvel as Sabra

No. 46 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Israeli actress Shira Haas, the new Sabra at Marvel.

 Left: Marvel superhero Sabra as she appears in the comics. RIGHT: Israeli actress Shira Haas

Jews in Bollywood: The Jewish actresses that shaped Indian cinema

New Delhi mural memorializes pioneering Baghdadi-Jewish film divas that helped shape the Bollywood film industry.

 Meenakshi Lekhi (left) and Naor Gilon unveil the mural of Nadira at Connaught Place in New Delhi.

On Jewish hubris and Jewish pride - opinion

intermarriage is a phenomenon that is one painful by-product of Jewish integration into the broader, multi-cultural society that has surrounded us.

 AN IDF officer salutes, at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, in front of a statue of Mordechai Anielewicz, commander of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the kibbutz’s old, destroyed water tower, as the nationwide siren to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day sounds, in 2011.

Olivia Newton-John passes away at 73 after fighting breast cancer

Newton-John was Jewish on her mother's side and is the granddaughter of Jewish Austrian Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Born.

 Cast member Olivia Newton-John attends a 40th anniversary screening of "Grease" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California, US, August 15, 2018.

Israeli billionaire’s daughter under fire for paying celebrities to speak about family purity

Many female celebrities shared their experiences on social media, stating their reasons for keeping family purity — while being paid to participate in the campaign. 

 Israeli actress Yael Bar Zohar seen during the match between Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Rishon Lezion at the Final Four semi-final game in Tel Aviv, on June 10, 2019.

Will Smith's Oscar slap: What do Israelis think?

Puzzled by the ‘slap heard round the world,’ many doubt Israeli actors would have reacted this way.

 WILL SMITH and Jada Pinkett Smith pose before the 94th Annual Academy Awards – and the slap – in Hollywood, March 27.

'Seinfeld,' 'Toy Story' actress Estelle Harris dies at 93

Harris was born Estelle Nussbaum to candy-store owners Isaac and Anna Nussbaum in New York City in April 1928.

 Actress Estelle Harris poses during arrivals for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Tribute to Sophia Loren in Beverly Hills, California, May 4, 2011

Underneath all the makeup, who was the real Tammy Faye?

Opinion: "Her vulnerability and compassion give her a timelessness."

 Tammy Faye Bakker, ex-wife of television evangelist Jim Bakker, stands at the flag draped coffin of former Palm Springs mayor and Congressman Sonny Bono in 1998.