Yossi Silverman Personal Tour Educator Scoutisrael.com

13/02/2024

My first substack about Mapping the War

The seventh of October ripped our world apart. I am one of the lucky people. I got through this relatively unscathed. Yes, I have a friend who died in the fields of Reeim at the Nova festival. A friend, not a relative. Yes, one of my extended community does not know whether her son is in the world o...

04/12/2023

An Israeli newspaper is reporting that an Israeli army helicopter may have fired on partygoers, at the dance festival attack...

23/11/2023

Omer Wenkert was kidnapped by Palestinian Hamas terrorists at the Supernova Music Festival on October 7th 2023. He suffers from a congenital disease. Tomorro...

18/11/2023

Latest video "poster" of a person abducted by Hamas on October 7th

Thai national Gong Sae Lao kidnapped by Palestinian terror group. Currently it is thought that Gong Sae Lao is being held in Gaza. ...

16/11/2023

The Al Ziadne family were kidnapped by the Hamas Palestinian terrorists on October 3rd. Bring them back to Israel where they live!October 7th was not just an...

14/11/2023

9 month old Baby kidnapped with his family by Palestinian terror group Hamas. Nothing has been found about their health. For more information about see:https...

13/11/2023

Hersh was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th and taken to Gaza. He has had no contact with the International Red Cross, he is in need of medical care. It is a...

31/10/2023

Watch my new video about Hamas and the War in Gaza.
https://youtu.be/pdajZ-Ybi8Y

Hamas is a Palestinian Islamist militant group which rules the Gaza Strip. Early Saturday morning, Hamas, a militant and political group that rules the Gaza ...

19/10/2023

My Latest video about what is going in in Israel

First part of a series in the current crisis in which the conflict is essentially one of homeland. British Mandate Palestine promised Israel to both the Ara...

24/04/2023

I pray for no new names this year 🌹🇮🇱

26/01/2023

What is Judaism? A Nation? An Ethnicity? A religion or something else?

20/10/2022

Check out my activity on Strava.

27/09/2022

The history behind Why we fast on Tzom Gedalyah

The historical reasons that we fast on the fast of Gedalya, who was Gedalyah ben Achikam.Tzom Gedalia happens every year after Rosh Hashanah.The archaeology ...

17/08/2022

On this date in 1979, "Monty Python's Life of Brian" was released in the US.

The film was originally financed by EMI, which backed out because it considered the script blasphemous. The Pythons sued EMI and settled out of court. George Harrison, a huge Monty Python fan, thought it was the last chance to have another Python movie. He created Handmade Films, and "pawned" (his words) his home in London and his office building to raise the £4 million needed. When asked why he said, "Because I want to go see it." Eric Idle joked that it was the highest price ever paid for a cinema ticket.

The Pythons were surprised at how cooperative the BBFC (UK film censors) were when they submitted the film for classification in order to be allowed to be shown theatrically in the UK. Instead of being appalled, the reviewers said they loved it, found it one of the funniest films they had ever seen, and had no problem passing it for distribution. Their only issue was John Cleese's one use of the "C" word (the one that rhymes with "runt"), and that if it was to be kept in then the rules under the old certification system at the time stated they would have to pass it as an 'X' certificate (nobody under 18 allowed), but if they could somehow excise that word then they would happily pass it as an 'AA' (nobody under 15 allowed). The Python team then met and discussed the situation before voting to agree that the offending word be overdubbed to "klutz," and the film was resubmitted and passed AA a few days later. However, a handful of local authorities in the UK disagreed with the BBFC assertion that it wasn't blasphemous and either banned it completely from local cinemas or slapped their own X certificate on it (which they were allowed to do under local government powers).

Norway banned this movie for one year for blasphemy, then gave it an "18" rating and included a warning from the censors at the beginning. It has been marketed in Sweden as "The film that is so funny that it was banned in Norway!" Ireland banned this movie for blasphemy until 1987. Torbay Council, Devon, refused to show this movie until September 2008. Aberystwyth, Wales, lifted its local ban in 2009 after cast member Sue Jones-Davies was elected Mayor.

The film was also originally banned by Frank Hall, the Irish movie censor, in 1979. He described it as "offensive to Christians and to Jews as well, because it made them appear a terrible load of gobsh*tes." It has been widely available on PAL UK videocassette in Ireland since 1980, and later on DVD (legally and uncut). (IMDb)

08/08/2022

Just passing the Acre Aqueduct (Destroyed by Napoleon) #ארץנהדרת

The Acre or " Pasha" Aqueduct near Lohamei Hagetaot in Israel. A remnant of Ottoman colonial rule over the "Sanjak of Acre" (what became the Palestine Mandat...

08/08/2022

My youtube short of the missile barrier on Shvil HaAssara near the border with Gaza

“Taken a week before Operation Breaking Dawn. A missile barrier covered with messages of peace https://t.co/tSJrK9XKqU”

16/06/2022

Support my History of Judaism Podcast of ko-fi.com/scoutisrael! The latest podcast is about the hidden messages in the Book od Daniel and Esther!

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15/06/2022

My Latest Podcast about the Hidden Messages in the books of Daniel and Esther. I try and make a seemingly ahistorical text relevant to the course of Jewish History

In this episode, we learn about the hidden messages or "Secret Code" of the Books of Daniel, and Esther and we learn about the Decree of Cyrus. The course of Jewish History changes because the Persian

03/06/2022

Challah for Shavuot - the one in the front is to symbolize the Crown of King David descended from Ruth as we read the book of Ruth on Shavuot.

19/04/2022

Palestinian militant terrorist group Hammas has called for a "general mobilization" against Israel. Hamas has urged Muslims to go out in hundreds of thousand...

27/01/2022

15/01/2022

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06/01/2022

My Latest Podcast about the Babylonian Exile, my retelling of the story of Jewish History continues!

We discuss the continuing story of the First Exile, the exile to Babylon. We will answer the following questions: Was the Land left Completely empty? Who was exiled? What changed about Judaism in Baby

02/01/2022

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14/12/2021

I have had a HUGE NUMBER of requests for me to accept Jesus. Here's why not!
It's also a great insight into the Rabbi behind the Ramban Synagogue, Rabbi Moses ben Nachman.

14/12/2021

I have had a HUGE NUMBER of requests for me to accept Jesus. Here's why not!
It's also a great insight into the Rabbi behind the Ramban Synagogue, Rabbi Moses ben Nachman.

Have you ever wondered why Jews reject Jesus? Watch for the answer, and don't forget to share!I own all the images here except for Location of region xy (se...

13/12/2021

A collection of Davidkas - possibly the worst weapon ever, definitely the least effective mortar in the world!
I saw it on my mandatory tour guide training day (no I'm not switching professions Mr Lieberman!)
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15/11/2021

My latest virtual tour of the whole Old City, I welcome you to Jerusalem and take all the serious issues without holding back.

Exploring the four quarters of Jerusalem's historic Old City.A political and religious perspective from a Jerusalem resident covering issues relating to both...