156. TikTok Talmud

Talking Tachlis Podcast

Miriam ​​Anzovin is a millennial content producer for JewishBoston.com with a semi-viral, and hyper-niche TikTok account in which she shares reflections on the daily daf. Anzovin’s videos are very different than most; they’re fun, irreverent, and not quite traditionally educational. So, naturally these videos have created a stir. Uri and Rivky wonder, while some in the Jewish community are obsessed, is Anzovin approaching Torah in a fresh, exciting, new way, or are her videos inappropriate and outside the bounds of reverence for Torah and the Talmud? Is there sexism here? Is there a level of “appropriateness” when we’re involved in Torah?

Links:

https://twitter.com/SamMgelman/status/1487575760277753862

https://www.jta.org/2022/01/28/opinion/raunchy-sarcastic-tiktok-talmud-commentary-isnt-profane-its-torah

https://forward.com/culture/480764/daf-yomi-recaps-on-jewish-tiktok-miriam-anzovin/

https://www.heyalma.com/a-woman-went-viral-on-tiktok-for-talking-about-talmud-then-came-the-critics/

https://www.jewishboston.com/read/an-atheist-does-daf-yomi/

https://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/take-one