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Zoe Kravitz attends the premiere of HBO's "Big Little Lies" season two at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
October 17, 2019, 3:39 am
Zoe Kravitz to play Catwoman in new Batman film
Jewish actress will play Selina Kyle opposite Robert Pattinson in latest Batman reboot
By JTA
Ruby Rose participates in The CW "Batwoman" panel during the Summer 2019 Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Aug. 4, 2019, in Beverly Hills, California. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
August 6, 2019, 9:29 am
Actress hopes Jewish lesbian Batwoman will empower young people
Showrunner says scene referencing Judaism of Ruby Rose’s character was cut from pilot, but they are ‘trying to find ways of incorporating that without it being a huge thing’
By TOI staff
Ruby Rose attends the LA Premiere of "The Meg" at TCL Chinese Theatre on August 6, 2018, in Los Angeles, United States. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
August 9, 2018, 1:39 pm
Ruby Rose cast as Jewish lesbian superhero Batwoman
The lesbian actress says she is ‘thrilled and honored,’ but many fans criticize the fact she isn’t Jewish, say character’s narrative downplays her religious identity
By TOI staff and AP
Aaron Keyak
May 1, 2018, 1:23 pm
Aaron Keyak
Batman is super rich (but not as rich as Bezos)
The Caped Crusader’s superpower was an ability to buy what he needed to help the world — let that be a lesson
Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) in the trailer for 'Justice League,' released on October 8, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 9, 2017, 9:44 pm
‘Justice League’ trailer with Gal Gadot stresses hero unity
Wonder Woman and Batman assemble the metahumans to prevent Steppenwolf and his army of Parademons from destroying the world
By TOI staff
A man examining a comic book for sale at the inaugural Jewish Comic Con, held at Congregation Kol Israel, a Brooklyn synagogue, November 13, 2016. (Ben Sales/JTA)
November 17, 2016, 4:02 pm
At first Jewish Comic Con, artists and geeks revel in tradition
Between prayers, an intimate, more niche convention represents core comic culture — a small community invested in its roots
By Ben Sales
Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, flanked by Ben Affleck's Batman (right) and Henry Cavill's Superman (left). (YouTube screenshot)
March 29, 2016, 2:04 am
‘Batman v Superman’ pows box office with $166m debut
Superhero romp featuring former Miss Israel Gal Gadot enjoys one of the most successful opening weekends ever
By AFP
Gal Gadot as Diana Prince (aka Wonder Woman) and Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne (aka Batman) in a still image from the 2016 movie 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' (screen capture: YouTube)
March 28, 2016, 4:36 am
‘Batman v Superman’ pows box office with $170 million debut
Israel’s Gal Gadot wins praise for her turn as Wonder Woman, is even singled out as the highlight of the movie
By AFP and TOI staff
Henry Cavill, left, as Clark Kent, and Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor in “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.” (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Comics)
March 25, 2016, 8:36 am
‘Batman v. Superman’: Jesse Eisenberg on Lex Luthor’s Jewish qualities
When you get past his ‘rageful and envious and increasingly dark’ side, the DC comics supervillain has ‘a very strong moral code and he questions things,’ says actor
By Curt Schleier
Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, flanked by Ben Affleck's Batman (right) and Henry Cavill's Superman (left). (YouTube screenshot)
March 19, 2016, 2:46 am
Wonder Woman Gal Gadot is real hero of ‘Batman v Superman’
Former Miss Israel stresses how important it is for young girls and boys to have a strong female superhero to look up to
By Frankie TAGGART
Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight (Courtesy)
March 10, 2016, 7:19 pm
Obama said to liken Islamic State to the Joker
Jihadist group ‘is the Joker’ from the Batman movies, Atlantic quotes president saying. ‘It has the capacity to set the whole region on fire’
By TOI staff
In this March 27, 2012, photo, Leonard Robinson, dressed as Batman, poses for a photo outside his home, in Owings Mills, Md. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via AP)
August 18, 2015, 7:20 pm
Batman impersonator known for charity work killed on roadway
Lenny Robinson, a regular visitor at US children’s hospitals, would tell sick kids they were ‘the real heroes’
By AP and TOI staff
Israeli actress Gal Gadot answers an audience question at the San Diego Comic-Con International on July 11, 2015. (Karen Yossman/The Times of Israel)
July 12, 2015, 6:08 pm
My mom is true Wonder Woman, says superhero actress Gal Gadot
On ‘Women Who Kick Ass’ panel at Comic-Con, Israeli ‘Batman v Superman’ star is visibly moved by audience question in Hebrew
By Karen Yossman
The biggest little superhero, Paul Rudd in 'Ant-man' (YouTube screenshot)
July 12, 2015, 2:28 pm
Paul Rudd is your friendly neighborhood Jewish superhero
Quintessential nice guy comedian says he turned to humor as a way to fit in among non-Jewish classmates in Kansas
By Lisa Klug
Israeli actress and model Gal Gadot (photo credit: Featureflash / Shutterstock.com)
March 23, 2015, 11:57 am
Gucci picks Gal Gadot for top job
Israeli actress who’s slated to play Wonder Woman will model for company’s fragrance division, brushes off digs about breast size
By Avi Lewis
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