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Kasher grew up in North Oakland's Temescal[2] and the Piedmont Avenue neighborhoods.[8] A son of deaf parents, Kasher worked as a sign-language interpreter from the age of 17.[2][6][9][10] His parents met at the World Games for the Deaf in 1967.[7] His father, Steven, was born to secular, communist Jewish parents. Kasher's paternal grandfather was Yiddish writer Duvid Kasher. Steven was a painter when he met Kasher's mother, but later became a Hasidic Jew in the Satmar community in Brooklyn. He was later diagnosed with Gaucher's disease.[11] Kasher's brother is a rabbi.[12][13]
In his autobiography Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16, Kasher wrote about having been moved in and out of mental institutions from the age of 4 and using drugs from the ages of 12 to 16. He was kicked out of four different high schools.[7] In an interview with SanDiego.com, Kasher described himself as "pretty straight edge," stating that he has been clean "since I was very young."[12] He earned his G.E.D. at age 16 and later became a sign-language interpreter.[7]
Kasher attended community college in the Bay Area, where he studied theater and wrote several long-form monologues.[7] He later transferred to the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he graduated with a degree in religious studies and minored in Jewish studies.[2][11][12] Prior to his career in comedy, Kasher had considered becoming a college professor in Jewish history.[12]
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