Short answer: As of July 2026, a large and well-documented group of entertainment figures has publicly supported Israel, most visibly through the Creative Community for Peace (CCFP) open letter of October 12, 2023, whose signatory count grew from about 700 at release to more than 2,000. Well-sourced individual supporters include Israeli-born actress Gal Gadot, a former IDF soldier who won the 2026 Genesis Prize for her defense of Israel, along with signatories such as Jerry Seinfeld, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Pine, Mayim Bialik, Liev Schreiber, and Mark Hamill. On the narrower search "Russell Crowe Israel," the record is easy to overstate: Crowe's one clearly documented pro-Jewish act was a 2004 donation to a firebombed Jewish school in Montreal, not a stated position on the State of Israel, and reputable outlets show no record of him publicly advocating for Israel.
What celebrities who support Israel (a list) has actually said and done
- April 2004: While filming in Toronto, Russell Crowe offered aid to rebuild the library of United Talmud Torahs, a Jewish elementary school in Montreal that had been firebombed in an antisemitic attack. He gave an undisclosed sum and asked the school to keep the amount confidential. As reported by TODAY and the Associated Press and confirmed by UPI, this concerned a Canadian school and a response to antisemitism, not the State of Israel.
- October 12, 2023: Creative Community for Peace released its "Israel Under Attack" open letter, condemning the October 7 Hamas assault as "terrorism" and "evil" and calling for the release of hostages. As The Hollywood Reporter reported, more than 700 people signed at release, including Gal Gadot, Jerry Seinfeld, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Pine, Mayim Bialik, Liev Schreiber, and Mark Hamill.
- October 12, 2023: The same letter kept gathering names. Creative Community for Peace's own posting states that more than 2,000 entertainment-industry leaders signed, a figure well above the roughly 700 that The Hollywood Reporter reported at the initial release. Both numbers are accurate to different moments in time.
- November 2023: Gal Gadot, a former IDF soldier, and her husband helped organize a Los Angeles screening of IDF-compiled footage of the October 7 attack, and she became an outspoken campaigner for the release of Israeli hostages, per the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
- January 2024: Creative Community for Peace held its fifth annual "Ambassadors of Peace" gala in Beverly Hills, drawing more than 500 artists and industry leaders and honoring Liev Schreiber, Kat Graham, Ezekiel Lewis, Aaron Rosenberg, and Gustavo Lopez, according to Creative Community for Peace.
- November 11, 2025: The Genesis Prize Foundation named Gal Gadot its 2026 laureate for her "steadfast defense of Israel at great personal and professional risk" and her advocacy for the hostages. As the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported, the prize (sometimes called the "Jewish Nobel") carries a $1 million award, which Gadot said she would direct to organizations helping Israel heal.
Where the support comes from, and where the Russell Crowe search misleads
Creative Community for Peace is the central organizing vehicle for celebrity support of Israel. It was founded in 2012 by David Renzer, former chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing, and Steve Schnur, worldwide music president at Electronic Arts, to use music, film, and television to counter antisemitism and cultural boycotts of Israel. Its October 12, 2023 open letter is the single most-cited artifact of celebrity solidarity. The Hollywood Reporter and Variety reported more than 700 signatories at release, while CCFP's own posted version of the same letter states that over 2,000 signed, so both figures are true to different moments: the initial release versus the grown total.
Gal Gadot is the best-documented individual supporter. She is Israeli-born, a two-year IDF veteran, a signatory of the October 2023 letter, and the 2026 Genesis Prize laureate (announced November 2025) honored specifically for defending Israel. Other reputably confirmed signatories include Jerry Seinfeld, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Pine, Mayim Bialik, Liev Schreiber, Michael Douglas, Amy Schumer, and Mark Hamill.
The "Russell Crowe Israel" search deserves a caveat. Reputable sources (TODAY/AP and UPI) document only his 2004 donation to a firebombed Montreal Jewish school, an act against antisemitism rather than a public stance on the State of Israel. The Times of Israel topic page for Crowe carries only film coverage, with no Israel statements. His name should not be presented as an outspoken pro-Israel celebrity without that context.
The bottom line
Celebrity support for Israel is real and well documented, led by the 2,000-plus signatories of Creative Community for Peace's October 2023 open letter and by Gal Gadot, the 2026 Genesis Prize laureate. But the specific "Russell Crowe Israel" query does not hold up the way a support list implies. Crowe's only documented pro-Jewish act is a 2004 gift to a firebombed Montreal Jewish school, and no reputable outlet records him advocating for Israel, so listing him as a pro-Israel celebrity would overstate the evidence.
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Last updated July 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
