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Gal Gadot features in 'Jewish Heaven' on 'The Simpsons'

The Israeli star meets Einstein and Golda Meir (among others) in the show's opening episode of its 30th season

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Gal Gadot, Golda Meir and Albert Einstein featured in the second appearance of “Jewish Heaven” in The Simpsons last week.

The Fox animation, which is now in its 30th season, sees Bart having a near-death experience, where he claims to have seen Jesus.

Israeli actor Gal Gadot, the star of Wonder Woman, plays herself. She is one of the Jews seen at the show’s so-called Jewish Heaven. Explaining her presence in heaven to Bart, despite being alive, Gadot cheerily says, “They like me so much I get to visit.”

She is surrounded by late Jews in this episode, including Joan Rivers, King David, Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky (Krusty the Clown’s deceased father), former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, Albert Einstein and legendary Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, all standing around chatting at the Jewish equivalent of the Gates of Heaven.

At one point, Homer asks Gadot if she has acted in anything other  than The Fast and the Furious, to which she replies: “Um, have you seen Wonder Woman?” 

The premise of the episode sees three Christian film producers attempting to purchase the rights to Homer Simposon's scrrenplay “Bart’s Not Dead”. 

“Jewish Heaven” first appeared in The Simpsons in 2014, when Rabbi Krustofsky dies and Krusty visits him in a dream. 

The 33-year-old Israeli star joins the large list of actors and celebrities providing guest voices for the series. 

On Sunday, Gadot shared an image of her character on Instagram, with the caption: “This family was a huge part of my childhood. And now it’s so cool that I get to be apart of the Simpsons’ Season 30 premiere episode.”

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