Gal Gadot’s eldest daughter Alma recently celebrated her bat mitzvah, and the Israeli actress posted Sunday on Instagram a family photo from the milestone occasion.
The “Wonder Woman” star, 39, posted a photo of herself, her husband Jaron Varsano, and their four children — daughters Alma, Maya, 7, Daniella, 3, and Ori, 8 months. Alma, in a lavender dress, can be seen standing in the center of the photo, and in the caption, Gadot wrote a heartfelt message to the bat mitzvah girl.
“My baby is celebrating her bat mitzvah. I can’t believe the amazing person you’ve become,” Gadot wrote to Alma, who turned 13 on Nov. 5. “Your joy, humor, curiosity, and big heart of yours are absolutely magnetic. You teach me so much about motherhood, life, and myself. Thank you for choosing me to be your mother, for choosing us to be your parents. There is no mountain too high for you, and no ocean too wide and deep that you cannot conquer.”
Gadot concluded her message by saying, “Love you forever and always, Ima.” She also included in the post a selfie that Versano took of himself and Gadot with Alma when she was just born.
The comments section of the post was filled with “mazel tov” messages from Gadot’s fans but also some of her celebrity friends, including Selma Blair, Rachel Zoe, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Ginnifer Goodwin, Sarah Silverman, Jessica Seinfeld, Elizabeth Berkley, and cartoon voiceover actress Tara Strong.
“Look at this beautiful Jewish family!!!!” wrote Chelsea Handler. “Borat” star Sacha Baron Cohen jokingly wrote in a comment, “Hold on, you’re Jewish? Well, then Mazel tov.” Actress Isla Fisher commented on Gadot’s post saying, “You have the most beautiful family. I can’t believe Alma is having her batty! I could cry. I’m so so proud of her.”
Gadot said in a May 2017 interview, “The best thing is to become a mother and to give life.” In 2022, she talked more about her love of motherhood and childbirth. “I love giving birth. I would do it once a week if I could. It’s so magical,” she told InStyle at the time. “And I always take epidurals, to be fair, so it’s not so painful. Just the moment you feel like you’re creating life, it’s incredible. That is the badass thing I do: the juggling between my family life and my acting career.”
