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*"For Jews the city has been the pre-eminent focus of their spiritual, cultural, and national life throughout three millennia". Yossi Feintuch, ''U.S. Policy on Jerusalem'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 1987, p. 1. {{ISBN|0-313-25700-0}}
*"Jerusalem became the center of the Jewish people some 3,000 years ago" Moshe Maʻoz, Sari Nusseibeh, ''Jerusalem: Points of Friction - And Beyond'', Brill Academic Publishers, 2000, p. 1. {{ISBN|90-411-8843-6}}
*"The Jewish people are inextricably bound to the city of Jerusalem. No other city has played such a dominant role in the history, politics, culture, religion, national life and consciousness of a people as has Jerusalem in the life of Jewry and Judaism. Since King David established the city as the capital of the Jewish state circa 1000 BCE, it has served as the symbol and most profound expression of the Jewish people's identity as a nation". {{Citation|url=http://www.adl.org/israel/advocacy/glossary/jerusalem.asp|title=Basic Facts you should know: Jerusalem|
[[Jerusalem]] has long been embedded into Jewish religious consciousness and Jews have always studied and personalized the struggle by King [[David]] to capture Jerusalem and his desire to build the Holy Temple there, as described in the [[Book of Samuel]] and the [[Book of Psalms]]. Many of King David's yearnings about Jerusalem have been adapted into popular prayers and songs. Jews believe that in the future the rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem will become the center of worship and instruction for all mankind and consequently Jerusalem will become the spiritual center of the world.<ref>{{cite book
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==Jerusalem in modern Israel==
Jerusalem in the 21st century is perceived by Israeli Jews in different ways, depending on their religious beliefs. In the summer of 2009, riots by Haredi Jews broke out in Jerusalem over the opening of a parking lot near the Old City on Saturdays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1110855.html |publisher=Haaretz |accessdate=2009-10-12 |title=Five police officers hurt as Haredi riots renew in Jerusalem}}</ref> However, secular groups counter-protested,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/world/middleeast/03jerusalem.html |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=2009-10-12 |title=Religious-Secular Divide, Tugging at Israel’s Heart | first=Isabel | last=Kershner | date=September 3, 2009}}</ref> claiming that Jerusalem should be a city for all people, religious and non-religious. The call for an "open" Jerusalem has received support from Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman an Orthodox Rabbi and President of the [[Shalom Hartman Institute]], in Jerusalem. He wrote: "As a religious Jew who is also a Zionist I believe Jerusalem is not simply important as the city of God, but as the capital of the State of Israel, a state which, as distinct from you, I value as a part of my religious life. As a committed Zionist, I believe the citizens of our country need unifying symbols around which to construct our shared collective life. Jerusalem, one of the few remaining unifying concepts in our deeply divided Jewish world, may serve as precisely such as symbol. The meaning of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is that it is a city which belongs to all citizens of the State of Israel. While you and I may observe Shabbat in similar ways, my fellow citizens of Israel observe it very differently. While you want to preserve the city, I want to preserve our people".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hartman.org.il/Opinion_C_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=365 |publisher=Shalom Hartman Institute |accessdate=2009-10-12 |year=2009 |title=The ultra-Orthodox, gays and the future of Jerusalem |
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