Just a Ton of Photos of Jewish Celebrities When They Were Kids

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Last month, something extraordinary happened.

It’s remarkable, really, that we were blessed with such a gem, considering everything is like a real-life “Bad Place” at the moment, right down to butthole spiders. Probably. Because why not.

But! Last month, Reddit said “you can have some serotonin, as a treat,” and introduced the world to an incredible high school-era photo of Paul Rudd:

 

I got so much joy from this single photo that I decided to keep the ball rolling. By rolling, of course, I mean going down a total wormhole of childhood photos from every Jew in pop culture. This compilation is absolute nonsense, and no one really asked for it, but it’s about to be your ticket out of the bad place, at least for a bit.

So, without further ado, here are all the childhood photos of 69 (nice) of your fave Jewish celebs, from their iconic yearbook photos to their hilarious bar/bat mitzvah pics.

Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul
via Pinterest

Dianna Agron

Dianna Agron
@diannaagron on Instagram

Jack Black

Jack Black
Pinterest

Drake

Drake
@champagnepapi on Instagram, E Online, Popcrush

Selma Blair

Selma Blair
@selmablair on Instagram

Rachel Bloom

Rachel Bloom
@racheldoesstuff on Instagram

Timothée Chalamet

Timothee Chalamet
@tchalamet on Instagram, Pikdo

Andy Cohen

Andy Cohen
@bravoandy on Instagram, Classmates.com

Larry David

Larry David
Pinterest, Reddit

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel
Pinterest, twitter.com/ZooeyDeschanel

Zoey Deutch

Zoey Deutch
@zoeydeutch on Instagram

Lil Dicky

Lil Dicky
@lildickygram on Instagram

Daveed Diggs

Daveed Diggs
tumblr.com

Fran Drescher

Fran Drescher
Classmates.com, @officialfrandrescher on Instagram

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
@officialjld on Instagram, Pinterest

Zac Efron

Zac Efron
@zacefron on Instagram, Pinterest

Billy Eichner 

Billy Eichner
@billyeichner on Instagram

Beanie Feldstein

Beanie Feldstein
@beaniefeldstein on Instagram

Chloe Fineman

Chloe Fineman
@chloeiscrazy on Instagram

Gal Gadot

Gal Gadot
@gal_gadot on Instagram

Ilana Glazer

Ilana Glazer
@ilana on Instagram, Pinterest

Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum
@jeffgoldblum on Instagram

Kat Graham

Kat Graham
Buzzfeed

Jake Gyllenhal

Jake Gyllenhal
ABC News, Huffpost, Pinterest

Tiffany Haddish

Tiffany Haddish
@tiffanyhaddish on Instagram

HAIM

HAIM
Telegraph

Chelsea Handler

Chelsea Handler
@chelseahandler on Instagram

Jonah Hill (featuring Beanie Feldstein!!!)

Jonah Hill
@jonahhill on Instagram, ABC

Abbi Jacobson

Abbi Jacobson
@abbijacobson on Instagram

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson
Pinterest, Daily Mail

Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones
@rashidajones on Instagram

Carole King

Carole King
@carole_king on Instagram

Karlie Kloss

Karli Kloss
Vogue, Tumblr

Ezra Koenig

Ezra Koenig
@arze on Instagram, Pinterest

Zoe Kravitz

Zoe Kravitz
@zoeisabellakravitz on Instagram, Entertainment Wise

Nick Kroll

Nick Kroll
@nickkroll on Instagram

Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Kudrow
@lisakudrow on Instagram, classmates.com

 

Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis
Pinterest, thelist.com, backstage.com

Logan Lerman

Logan Lerman
@loganlerman on Instagram, entertainmentwise.com, tumblr.com, pinterest.com, https://twitter.com/loganlermanoc/

Adam Levine

Adam Levine
@adamlevine on Instagram

Note: The pic of Adam in a tallit isn’t a throwback, rather from an SNL sketch. But it felt right to put it in here anyway.

Dan Levy

Dan Levy
@instadanjlevy on Instagram, People.com

 

Natasha Lyonne

Natasha Lyonne
@nlyonne on Instagram

Idina Menzel

Idina Menzel
@idinamenzel on Instagram, Pinterest

Bette Midler

Bette Midler
@bettemidler on Instagram, Snakkle.com

Ezra Miller

Ezra Miller
twitter.com, tumblr.com, pinterest.com

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow
@gwynethpaltrow on Instagram, Pinterest

Sarah Jessica Parker

SJP
@sarahjessicaparker on Instagram

Josh Peck

Josh Peck
@shuapeck on Instagram

Chelsea Peretti

Chelsea Peretti
@chelsanity on Instagram

I’d like to draw your attention away from the UNREAL photo of Chelsea in braces to the photo in the bottom right corner. Yes, that’s Chelsea AND Andy Samberg!!! Childhood BFFs <3

Pink

p!nk
@pink on Instagram, Capital FM

Ben Platt

Ben Platt
@bensplatt on Instagram

BTW, the photo on the right is Ben at his bar mitzvah.

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman
@natalieportman on Instagram

Emily Ratajkowski

Emily Ratajkowski
@emrata on Instagram

Seth Rogen

Seth Rogen
@sethrogen on Instagram

BONUS: Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd!

Seth Rogen & Paul Rudd
@sethrogen on Instagram

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand
@barbrastreisand on Instagram, classmates.com

Tracee Ellis Ross

Tracee Ellis Ross
@traceeellisross on Instagram

Emmy Rossum

Emmy Rossum
@emmy on Instagram

 

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd
E Online

Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph
Glamour, Albany Daily News, E Online

Andy Samberg

Andy Samberg
Buzzfeed, Reddit, @andysamberg on Instagram

BONUS: Andy Samberg and Chelsea Peretti! Being BFFs! Again!

Chelsea & Andy
NBC Bay Area

Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler
Pinterest

Amy Schumer

Amy Schumer
@amyschumer on Instagram

Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld
@jerryseinfeld on Instagram, Classmates.com

Sarah Silverman

Sarah Silverman
@sarahkatesilverman on Instagram, Snakkle.com

Troye Sivan

Troye Sivan
@troyesivan on Instagram, Pinterest.com

Baby Troye Sivan in a kippah. I repeat: BABY TROYE SIVAN IN A KIPPAH.

Jenny Slate

Jenny Slate
@jennyslate on Instagram

Hailee Steinfeld

Hailee Steinfeld
@haileesteinfeld on Instagram

Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi
@taikawaititi on Instagram, twitter.com

Rachel Levin

Rachel Levin (she/her) is a writer from Atlanta, Georgia currently living in New York City. She's passionate about culture, history, and traveling, but her only true goal in life is to slowly become an amalgam of Carole King and Stevie Nicks.

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