Jewish Celebrities Take The Ice Bucket Challenge

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By Rachel X. Landes August 18, 2014

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

Post by ‎Gal Gadot – גל גדות‎.

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

Post by Mark Zuckerberg.

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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