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I was looking for something within Judaism that had a spiritual nature and not just a religious nature. So my trainer at the time was the one who took me to the Kabbalah center on my 40th birthday. I was like, Oh, this is so cool. I was just ready for it. I was ready for something different.

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Sandra Bernhard
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 6
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