Smash that Early Life section on Wikipedia >Thomas Jacob Black was born in Santa Monica, California, and raised in Hermosa Beach, California, the son of satellite engineers Thomas William Black and Judith Love (((Cohen))), who worked on the Hubble Space Telescope and was also a writer. He has three older half-siblings through his mother; scientist Neil (((Siegel))), Howard (((Siegel))), and Rachel (((Siegel))). His mother was born Jewish, while his father converted to Judaism. Black was raised Jewish, attending Hebrew school and having a bar mitzvah.