Hanoch Daum

Moshe Hanoch Daum (Hebrew: חנוך דאום; December 16, 1975) is an Israeli journalist, author, satirist, publicist, columnist, stand-up comedian, and actor.

Biography
Daum was born to Rachel and Rabbi Yechezkel Daum, who was a rabbi and a manager of the Tnuva dairy cooperative in the Ramat Magshimim settlement in the Golan Heights. When he was 18, his father passed away. In his youth, he studied at Yashlatz, and later at the Ma'ale Adumim yeshiva and the Sha'ar Yitzhak yeshiva. He served in the Israeli Defense Forces as part of the Armored Corps during his yeshiva studies.

Daum wrote columns for "Maariv", "HaTzofeh", the "Walla" website, and has a column in "7 Days" of Yedioth Ahronoth. He tends to write on seemingly light-hearted topics, often mentioning his family, but also covers political subjects.

For two years until 2004, Daum served as the television critic for Maariv.

Daum worked as content manager at Reshet and edited the program "Heichal HaTarbut" (The Culture Hall). In 2007, he began working at Channel 10. Among other roles, Daum served as the chief editor of the "Today Was" daily summary program and the deputy director of development for the channel. After nearly two years, he left the channel and began serving as the deputy director of strategy at Channel 2 Reshet. In June 2009, he left that position and began serving as a senior advisor to the CEO of Reshet, Avi Zvi. In 2010, he hosted the program "Sha'at Nefesh" (Soul Hour) on Galei Tzahal, which dealt with mental disorders and psychiatry along with Dr. Ilan Rabinovich.

In 2012, he participated in the docu-reality series "Connected". In December 2013, he began hosting the program "HaMitanachel" (The Settler), which aired on Channel 10 and later on Channel 13 from 2019. In February 2015, he began hosting a daily radio program every morning on Radio Tel Aviv. The program also airs simultaneously on "Galey Israel" stations and Radio Darom.

In 2015, he participated in the program "The Code Breakers" and began appearing nationwide with his stand-up show "Hanoch Daum Eats Your Head". In 2016, Daum participated in the sitcom "Garinim" in the role of Shakalover, on the Kids channel. Later that year, his program "Restarting Life Computer" aired on HOT, in which he sought meaning in his life around the age 40 crisis, along with Oren Hazan and Amir Hetsroni.

In 2017, Daum served as a presenter for the launch campaign of the pain reliever "Combodex".

In 2018, Daum began appearing in a new stand-up show titled "Life is a Tough Period".

Since 2019, Daum has been a presenter for the Shirbit company.

In January 2020, he appeared in a segment called "Off the Record" on the program "Eretz Nehederet", where he hosted non-conventional interviews with politicians.

In July 2020, he released an autobiographical book titled after his stand-up show: "Life is a Tough Period", and in August 2022, he released the book "Life is Just a Period", the sequel to "Life is a Tough Period". In the same year, he hosted the television program "Taboo" on Channel 11. In 2024, the program was renewed for a second season.

Personal life
Rabbi Moshe Roza, the grandfather, was the principal of a special school in Bnei Brak. His son-in-law is Rabbi Micky Yosefi and his daughter-in-law is the director Menorah Hazani. His brothers are Rabbi Shai Daum, head of the Ohr Yosef Chai Yitzhar Yeshiva, Rabbi of the 'Or HaTzafon' community in North Tel Aviv, and Professor Chaim Shakad, president of the Hemdat HaDarom Academic College.

Daum is married to Ephrat, daughter of Yehuda Hazani and Hannah Hazani, and they have four children. They reside in Elazar.

According to his statements, as revealed in his autobiography "God Doesn't Allow," Daum suffers from symptoms of OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) and attention deficit disorder.