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It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people in a period of transition, with all the unrest that permeates society on the eve of a new century. The big life issues are at stake.

In the Jewish tradition, there is at the same time Jerusalem in the heavens and Jerusalem on the ground. Jerusalem is a living city, but also the heart, the soul of the Jewish people and the state of Israel.

I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.

I feel most strongly about Jerusalem, because architects ultimately have to address that city.

Jerusalem is the holiest place for the Jewish people.

The grandeur of Jerusalem is also... its problem.

The Old City of Jerusalem is in our hands.

I would never call Jerusalem beautiful or comfortable or consoling. But there's something about it that you can't turn away from.

Jewish history turns out not to be an either/or story - as in, either pure Judaism detached from its surroundings or else assimilation - but rather, for the vast majority, the adventure of living in between.

Jerusalem is a festival and a lamentation. Its song is a sigh across the ages, a delicate, robust, mournful psalm at the great junction of spiritual cultures.