Jerusalem: One Nation's Capital through History

(Myths and Facts) Eli E. Hertz - In 1898, Cosmopolitan Magazine published an article, "The Jews in Jerusalem," written by Edwin S. Wallace, former U.S. Consul in Constantinople. "Palestine is the land of Judaism and its chief city is beyond doubt the world's capital of this particular form of religious belief. In this City of the Jews...the Jewish population outnumbers all others three to one."