Editing Sandra Bernhard (section)

==Early life==
Bernhard was born June 6, 1955,<ref name=Out/> in [[Flint, Michigan]], the daughter of Jeanette (née LaZebnik) and [[proctologist]] Jerome Bernhard.<ref name=momobit>{{cite news |title=Jeanette (LaZebnik) Bernhard Obituaryu |url=http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/jackson/obituary.aspx?pid=171571700  |date=June 13, 2014 |access-date=May 21, 2017 |archive-date=July 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722083227/http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/jackson/obituary.aspx?pid=171571700 |url-status=live}}</ref> Her parents raised her as a [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative Jew]].<ref>{{cite news |title=At Home With: Sandra Bernhard; When Baby Talk Makes Good Material |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/22/dining/at-home-with-sandra-bernhard-when-baby-talk-makes-good-material.html |work=The New York Times |first=Julie V. |last=Iovine |author-link=Julie V. Iovine |date=October 22, 1998}}</ref>

She has three older brothers: Dan, David, and Mark.<ref name="momobit" /> Her family moved to [[Arizona]] when she was 10.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandrabernhard.com/2008/11/vote_election_day_2008.html |title=Vote Election Day 2009 |publisher=SandraBernhard.com |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527131615/http://www.sandrabernhard.com/2008/11/vote_election_day_2008.html}}</ref> She attended [[Saguaro High School]] in Scottsdale, graduating in 1973.<ref>{{cite book |title=Sentinel 1973 |url=http://www.classmates.com/siteui/yearbooks/217427?page=145 |location=Scottsdale, AZ |publisher=[[Saguaro High School]] |via=[[Classmates.com]] |page=141 |access-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref>

In 1973, she traveled to [[Israel]] and stayed for 7 months at Kibbutz [[Kfar Menahem]] with her friend Daniel Chick. She later returned to Israel during the [[Yom Kippur War]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230214230956/https://www.instagram.com/p/CoaSRWGJbSg/ Archived] from the original on 2023-02-14.</ref>