JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli actress Gal Gadot will star as Polish heroine Irena Sendler, who saved 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazis, in a film produced by the actress and her husband.

Polish journalist Stefan Wilkanowicz and psychologist Bogdan Białek honoured with the Irena Sendler Award for their work in strengthening ... registered in the last years of her life. (opens in a new ...