Inside Comedy: The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades. Maybe it’s just the Winnipeg in Steinberg coming through. Born in 1942 to Yasha and Ruth Steinberg, David, his parents and three older siblings lived in the North End, surrounded by many other Jewish families. David’s early schooling involved attending a private Hebrew school before switching to West Kildonan Collegiate Institute. His comedic chops were already being formed. "(I)t was my first time in a public school, my first time seeing these gorgeous girls and boys who were all taller than I was," he writes in