Jewish Celebrities Take The Ice Bucket Challenge

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By now you’ve probably heard of the Ice Bucket Challenge. The deal is, if you get nominated, you have to pour ice water over your head or donate $100 to ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) research. This disease, which eventually results in paralysis and death, affects approximately 30,000 Americans.
Watch as our favorite Jewish celebrities take on the challenge!
Gal Gadot
Nominated by: her friend Menor
Nominated: Zack Snyder, Kate Winslet, Linda Carter, and her Hubby, Yaron Varsano
Robert Downey Jr.
Nominated by: Bob Iger
Nominated: Chris Hemsworth
Adam Levine
Skip to 1:43 for the good stuff. He’s even wearing a white shirt as he gets dunked.
Nominated: Nick Lachey, Kevin Richardson, Joey Fatone, Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams, Jason Segel, Mark Ruffalo and RDJ
Emmy Rossum
Nominated by: Dorie Golkin Smith
Nominated: Josh Duhamel, Hilary Swank
Lena Dunham
Nominated by: Jamie King, Taylor Swift
Nominated: Andrew Rannells, Allison Williams and Zosia Mamet
Mark Zuckerberg
Nominated by: NY Governor Chris Christie
Nominated: Bill Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, Reed Hastings
Ansel Eglort
Nominated by: Pierce Fulton
Nominated: John Green Nat Wolff, Dylan O’Brien
Selma Blair
Nominated by: Cary Elwes
Nominated: P!nk, Patricia Arquette, Ron Perlman
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Nominated by: Katie Couric
Nominated: VP Joe Biden, Paxton Fuller, Chase Coleman, Matt Walsh
Max Greenfield
Nominated: One Direction, his mother-in-law, Michael Fassbender
William Shatner
Nominated by: Brad Paisley
Nominated: Tom Bergerson, Josh Groban, Wynonna Judd
Hailee Steinfeld
Nominated by: Kyle Newman
Nominated: Austin Mahone, Rebel Wilson, Griffin Steinfeld
Elizabeth Banks
Nominated: Seth Rogen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson
I accepted the ALS #IceBucketChallenge and tag @NathanFillion, @jessetyler and @Sethrogen to do it next. http://t.co/UathQPHpFq
— Elizabeth Banks (@ElizabethBanks) August 9, 2014
Ben Stiller
Nominated: Judd Apatow, Ricky Gervais, Raphael Nadal
James Franco
Nominated by: Selena Gomez
Nominated: Zach Braff, Joey King, and Keegan Allen
Who to watch out for:
Mayim Bialik was nominated by her Big Bang Theory co-star Jim Parsons, but had to postpone due to lack of ice.
So far a whopping $13.3 million has been donated for ALS research as of August 17.
Will you accept the challenge?
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