Jerusalem: A City of Three Faiths

The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | April 30, 1996| | Copyright

Jerusalem: A City of Three Faiths

By Grace Halsell

Last year, 440,000 Americans visited the Holy Land. Most wanted to see the Bethlehem site where Christ was born and Jerusalem, where he spent his most memorable days. In travels on six continents, I have visited many holy sites, none so meaningful to me as Jerusalem. Almost two decades ago, I lived a while in an Old City Roman Catholic convent called Ecce Homo, a name deriving from the words "Behold the man" spoken of Christ by the Roman Pontius Pilate. Ecce Homo, which, like other convents in the Old City, has rooms for rent, faces onto the ...

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