Does Emma Stone Support Israel?

Shelly Zimmerman Feb 26, 2025 Updated Jul 27, 2026 3 min read

Short answer: As of July 2026, Emma Stone does not support Israel in any public sense. On the contrary, she is a signatory to the Film Workers for Palestine pledge (announced September 2025) not to work with Israeli film institutions the organizers describe as "implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people." She has made no public statements of support for Israel, has not attended pro-Israel events or made donations to Israeli causes that are publicly documented, and is not Jewish; her documented ancestry is Swedish, German, and other Western/Northern European.

What Emma Stone has actually said and done

September 9-10, 2025: Stone is reported by Jewish Telegraphic Agency and confirmed by NPR as one of 3,000 to 4,500-plus Hollywood signatories of the Film Workers for Palestine pledge. Signatories promise not to screen films at, appear at, or otherwise work with Israeli film institutions, such as the Jerusalem Film Festival, that the pledge's organizers call "implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people." The pledge states explicitly that it does not target individual Israeli artists.
September 10, 2025: Paramount became the first major studio to publicly reject the boycott, saying, "We do not agree with recent efforts to boycott Israeli filmmakers. Silencing individual creative artists based on their nationality does not promote better understanding or advance the cause of peace," according to The Hollywood Reporter and Fox News, both of which name Stone among the boycott's supporters.
2025, ongoing: The Wrap's coverage of the industry split over the pledge consistently places Stone's name on the boycott side, alongside Ava DuVernay, Andrew Garfield, Joaquin Phoenix, and Ilana Glazer, not among the industry figures, such as Paramount and the Israeli Film and TV Producers Association, who publicly opposed it.
No date attached (personal, not political): Podcaster Amanda Hirsch, whose mother is Israeli, has said Stone told her she listens to her podcast, "Not Skinny But Not Fat," according to Ynetnews. This is a personal pop-culture connection to a podcaster of Israeli-Jewish background, not a statement or action related to Israel itself.

Is Emma Stone Jewish?

Shoppers who search "is Emma Stone Jewish" are likely picking up on her surname or general pop-culture curiosity rather than any documented family history. According to genealogy and biography research, including EthniCelebs.com, her ancestry traces to Sweden (her paternal grandfather), Germany, Wales, Ireland, England, Scotland, and Swiss-German lines. No source reviewed indicates Jewish ancestry. She is not Jewish.

On the separate and more consequential question of her stance toward Israel, the public record moved decisively in September 2025. Stone was named across JTA, NPR, The Hollywood Reporter, Fox News, and The Forward as one of thousands of film and television professionals who signed the Film Workers for Palestine pledge. That pledge is explicitly institutional, aimed at Israeli film bodies rather than individual artists, and there is no separate personal statement from Stone beyond joining it. Major studios and Israeli industry organizations pushed back publicly, but Stone's name has not appeared among that pushback in any outlet reviewed. No evidence surfaced of her visiting Israel, donating to Israeli or Jewish causes, or otherwise expressing support for Israel through July 2026.

The bottom line

Emma Stone is not Jewish and does not support Israel. The most recent and most significant documented data point, from September 2025, shows the opposite: she signed the Film Workers for Palestine pledge boycotting Israeli film institutions. There is no public record of her donating to, visiting, or otherwise supporting Israel or Israeli causes through July 2026.

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