Editing David Javerbaum (section)

==Personal life==
Javerbaum is the son of Tema and Kenneth S. Javerbaum of [[Watchung, New Jersey]]. His mother is a former deputy New Jersey attorney general. His father is a founding partner in Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins P.C., a law firm in [[Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey|Springfield, New Jersey]]. Javerbaum grew up in a Jewish household, attending Congregation Beth El in South Orange, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Daniel |first1=Jeremy |title=How David Javerbaum Became Ghost Writer for God |url=https://forward.com/culture/309305/how-david-javerbaum-became-head-writer-of-the-daily-show-and-ghost-writer-f/ |website=The Jewish Forward |date=June 3, 2015 |access-date=8 June 2019}}</ref> He married Debra Bard in 2002.<ref>{{cite news
  | title = WEDDINGS; Debra Bard, David Javerbaum
  |work=New York Times
  | date = May 19, 2002
  | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/style/weddings-debra-bard-david-javerbaum.html
  | access-date = June 20, 2017 }}
</ref> Javerbaum grew up in [[Maplewood, New Jersey]],<ref>Meoli, Daria. [http://www.njmonthly.com/issues/oct05/entertain.html "That’s Entertainment"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051214185336/http://www.njmonthly.com/issues/oct05/entertain.html |date=December 14, 2005 }}, ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', October 2005. Accessed December 26. "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart is still the best fake newscast on TV, thanks to Lawrenceville native Stewart and head writer and Maplewood native David Javerbaum."</ref> where he attended [[Columbia High School (New Jersey)|Columbia High School]], graduating in 1989.<ref>Delo, Cotton. [http://maplewood.patch.com/articles/daily-show-writer-javerbaum-inducted-into-soms-hall-of-fame-2 "'Daily Show' Writer Javerbaum Inducted into SOMS Hall of Fame: Maplewood native David Javerbaum graduated from SOMS in '85 and from CHS in '89."], MaplewoodPatch, September 28, 2009. Accessed August 3, 2019.</ref>

He was a finalist on the 1988 ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' [[Jeopardy! Teen Tournament|Teen Tournament]] and its 1998 [[Jeopardy! Teen Reunion Tournament|Teen Reunion Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=1114|title=J! Archive – David Javerbaum|work=j-archive.com}}</ref> [[Jon Stewart]] also called him as his phone-a-friend when Jon was on ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?|Celebrity Millionaire]]''.