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

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

Dianna Agron

Jack Black

Drake

Selma Blair

Rachel Bloom

Timothée Chalamet

Timothee Chalamet — @tchalamet on Instagram, Pikdo

Andy Cohen

Larry David

Zooey Deschanel

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Zac Efron

Jeff Goldblum

Jake Gyllenhal

Chelsea Handler

Jonah Hill (featuring Beanie Feldstein!!!)

Abbi Jacobson

Scarlett Johansson

Lisa Kudrow

Logan Lerman

Adam Levine

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

Natasha Lyonne

Idina Menzel

Bette Midler

Ezra Miller

Gwyneth Paltrow

Sarah Jessica Parker

Josh Peck

Chelsea Peretti

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

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