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May 21, 2023, 12:16 AM
The Etrog Man
Ohr Hezi, the Etrog Man, with a pitcher of Etrogat. Photo: Bill Slott
In a small stall on HaEgoz Alley in the Machaneh Yehuda Market, is a unique shop called “Ish Ha’Etrogim” (The Etrog Man).  It is an exotic juice bar, an apothecary, a journey into time, and a drinkable anthropological roller...
Apr 20, 2023, 4:37 PM
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A soldier among the soldiers
Buried alongside the graves of young recruits, this legendary general's brief epitaph speaks volumes
Mar 22, 2023, 6:47 PM
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The Upper Room where it happened
The Upper Room (photo: Sonya Salkin-Slott)
'I have seen grown men weep at the grave of a king who died three thousand years ago.'
Feb 21, 2023, 5:04 PM
A Roman sauna in the desert
Remains of the hypocaust (false floor) of the bath house. Photo: Aliza Strenger
A kilometer south of Kibbutz Yotvata, clearly visible from the highway, are the remains of a Roman fortress from the third and fourth centuries CE. The fortress sat in this remote and forbidding desert for over a thousand years,...
Jan 23, 2023, 10:30 PM
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The environmental art of the Burning Man festival and closer to home
Photo: Yahav Erez
The Negev Brigade Memorial remembers the fallen, yet conveys peace in the moment, or that was my experience of the interactive sculpture in its remote natural setting
Sep 20, 2022, 11:12 PM
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The holy mountain
There are Muslims who believe I have no right to visit the Temple Mount and Jews who believe the same of them, but I dream that what has been broken can be repaired
Apr 19, 2020, 8:01 AM
Kaddish on the porch
I can’t complain about life under lockdown. Living on Kibbutz Ketura, a small remote desert community, in a country that is handling this crisis better than most, I am perhaps triply privileged: Safe, remote, in an as-yet-uninfected island of...
Feb 19, 2020, 1:42 AM
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Ein Bokek: Going after the polluters
Prof. Alon Tal in the Bokek Stream (photo: Bill Slott)
Is this a tragic tale of unchecked industrial pollution or an inspiring story of one angry citizen's gutsy tenacity? Yes.
Jan 23, 2020, 2:31 PM
Leket Israel: Reap Your Harvest
Sorting beets (photo: Gilad Schoenfeld)
Recently I attended a memorial event marking 10 years since the passing of a dear friend who left us far too early. Her family and friends gathered to recall this amazing, wonderful, loving, wise and talented woman, who brought...
Nov 18, 2019, 10:42 AM
Koolulam: Make a joyful noise
The picture above tells the story in a nutshell. Three people singing with gusto, at the top of their lungs. To be specific, myself and my two oldest friends, the formidable brother-and-sister team of Alon and Gabriella Tal, with...
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About Me
Bill Slott is a licensed Israeli tour guide who has hiked and biked the length and breadth of the country. Bill is a member of Kibbutz Ketura, where he has lived since 1981 with his wife and three daughters.