Pop Culture Israel

Film

Israeli actress Gal Gadot has signed on to be a part of the star-studded cast of Millennium Film’s thriller Criminal.

Set to be directed by Ariel Vromen, the movie'd cast is already rumored to include Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, and Tommy Lee Jones. Bombshell Gadot will play Reynolds’ wife in the thriller.

Gal Gadot in "Fast Five"

Fashion

Swedish apparel chain H&M recently borrowed a partial quote from Talmudic Sage Hillel to use on one of their new tank tops. The tank reads, “If not now, when,” a rhetorical question that originated from Pirkei Avot, or Ethics of Our Forefathers, and what’s not to love about a great cultural homage?

Celebrity

A tabloid regular, actress Gwyneth Paltrow is making more headlines now, after her split from Coldplay's frontman a few months ago. But this time the attention is because the Oscar-winner is quietly converting to Judaism after years of following Kabbalah, say several sources including the New York Post. In 2011, Paltrow appeared on NBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” which revealed that her family came from a long line of Eastern European rabbis.

Check Out Gwyneth Paltrow's upcoming film "Mortdecai" thriller: