Bill Slott, at The Blogs

Oct 18, 2023, 11:04 AM

The photo tells the story. Two young mothers, with two gorgeous rambunctious toddlers, tired but relieved to be in a safe place. They had just spent three nights in their reinforced concrete safe room in Ashkelon to protect themselves...

Sep 11, 2023, 11:38 PM

Ancient Pillars of Prayer

On a cliff 650 meters above my kibbutz next to a trail called Ma’aleh Yitro (Jethro’s Ascent) is a semicircle of 7 standing stones, or what the Bible calls matzevot. They are approximately 6,000 years old and predate any...

Aug 10, 2023, 12:54 PM

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A date tree named Methuselah

These were likely the trees King David was looking at when he described how the righteous person will blossom

Jul 19, 2023, 8:00 AM

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The House of David

A monumental 'bragging rock' from the king of Aram is not a surprise. But what was written on it was a game-changer.

Jun 18, 2023, 10:24 PM

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When ‘Under Your Wing’ became poetry to my ears

Arik Einstein's mournful love song brought to life words by one of the greatest poets of modern Hebrew

May 21, 2023, 12:16 AM

The Etrog Man

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

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

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.