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Moshe Kasher (born July 6, 1979) is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in the Los Angeles area.〔 He is the author of the 2012 memoir ''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''. In 2009, iTunes named Kasher "Best New Comic" and his comedy album ''Everyone You Know Is Going to Die, and Then You Are!'' was ranked one of the top 20 comedy albums on iTunes that same year.〔 He was also named "Comic to Watch in 2010" by ''Punchline Magazine''.〔 == Early life and education == Born in Queens, New York, Kasher moved to Oakland, California with his mother and brother when he was one year old,〔〔 and lived mostly on disability assistance and food stamps. His parents split up when he was 9;〔 his father remained in New York and Kasher visited him regularly until his death — Kasher was 20 at the time.〔 Kasher grew up in North Oakland's Temescal〔 and the Piedmont Avenue neighborhoods.〔 A son of deaf parents, Kasher worked as a sign-language interpreter from the age of 17.〔〔 His parents met at the World Games for the Deaf in 1967.〔 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. Kasher's brother is a Rabbi.〔 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.〔 In an interview with SanDiego.com, Kasher described himself as "pretty straight edge", stating that he has been clean "since I was very young." He earned his G.E.D. at age 16 and later became a sign-language interpreter.〔 Kasher attended community college in the Bay Area, where he studied theater and wrote several long-form monologues.〔 He later transferred to the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he graduated with a degree in religious studies and minored in Jewish studies.〔〔〔 Prior to his career in comedy, Kasher had considered becoming a college professor in Jewish history.〔 In 2001, Kasher attended an open mic comedy night in New York which included a performance by Chelsea Peretti, a comedian and writer with whom Kasher had attended junior high school in Oakland.〔〔 After seeing her perform, Kasher asked Peretti to take him along on future performances, offering to perform with her.〔〔 For his first performance, she took him to an open mic at the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moshe Kasher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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