Short answer: As of July 2026, Ashton Kutcher's connection to Israel is real but mostly personal, spiritual, and philanthropic rather than political. He is not Jewish (he was raised Roman Catholic) but has studied Kabbalah since the early 2000s and visited Israel at least twice on record: in 2010 with then-wife Demi Moore, and in 2013 with then-girlfriend Mila Kunis, who is Jewish. His clearest concrete show of support for Israel is attending the November 2018 Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) gala, which raised a record $60 million for IDF soldier welfare programs. When directly confronted by an activist in 2016 over Airbnb's West Bank settlement listings, he gave a vague, non-political answer rather than take a side. No public statement from him specifically on the Israel-Hamas war since October 7, 2023 turned up anywhere in the record reviewed.
What Ashton Kutcher has actually said and done
- October 11, 2010: Kutcher and then-wife Demi Moore visited Israel, where he spoke at the Bezeq tech expo in Tel Aviv. The couple also visited the Western Wall and toured northern Israel, with reports at the time saying they planned to renew their wedding vows (they had originally married at The Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles in 2005). Kutcher tweeted from the trip about "sharing love & light while in Israel," according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
- May 7, 2013: Kutcher traveled to Israel with then-girlfriend Mila Kunis, who is Jewish and was born in Ukraine. The trip was built around promoting high-tech initiatives, continuing a pattern of visits that blended business with his personal interest in Kabbalah, per the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
- November 19, 2016: At the Airbnb Open conference in Los Angeles, CodePink activist Ariel Gold interrupted a session with Kutcher and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky to protest the company listing properties in West Bank settlements. Rather than address the settlements question directly, Kutcher responded with a general comment about "a world together without borders" and did not take a clear position on either side, as reported by The Times of Israel.
- November 1, 2018: Kutcher attended the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Western Region Gala in Beverly Hills, a sold-out event with more than 1,200 supporters that raised a record $60 million to fund welfare, education, and recreational programs for Israeli soldiers. Fellow attendees included Gerard Butler, Pharrell Williams, Andy Garcia, and Fran Drescher, according to Variety and The Jerusalem Post.
Kabbalah, Kunis, and Hollywood's Israel intersection
Kutcher was raised Roman Catholic and has no known Jewish ancestry. His connection to Judaism runs through Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition popularized in Hollywood by The Kabbalah Centre. He began studying it after meeting Demi Moore, and the couple married at the Centre's Los Angeles branch in 2005, with both long described in entertainment press as serious students. His two documented Israel trips, in 2010 and 2013, were consistently framed by outlets as personal and spiritual (Kabbalah, marriage) blended with business (a tech expo speech, promotion of "high-tech initiatives"), never as advocacy trips. His girlfriend-then-wife Mila Kunis is Jewish, a detail entertainment press repeatedly noted alongside his Kabbalah study, though that background is hers, not his.
The one clearly institutional, pro-Israel act in the record is the 2018 FIDF gala, an established charity event supporting Israeli soldiers that multiple entertainment and Israeli outlets covered alongside its record fundraising total. That is a stronger, more concrete signal than the tourism and Kabbalah material that has often defined his public association with Israel. Working against a simple "he's pro-Israel" reading: when a CodePink activist confronted him directly in 2016 over Israeli settlements, he visibly avoided taking a position, choosing inclusive but noncommittal language instead. And no search turned up any public statement, donation, or event appearance from Kutcher addressing the Israel-Hamas war, the October 7, 2023 attacks, the hostages, or the broader conflict at any point from late 2023 through July 2026, despite many other celebrities of his profile weighing in during that period.
The bottom line
Kutcher has a real, years-long personal thread connecting him to Israel: Kabbalah study, two documented visits, and a 2018 IDF-support gala appearance. But he has essentially no political voice on Israel, before or after October 7, 2023. He is best described as culturally and philanthropically Israel-adjacent rather than politically outspoken, and the 2018 FIDF gala remains the most concrete, citable "support" data point in his record, more so than the Kabbalah tourism that has often been the focus.
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Last updated July 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
