Editing Jerusalem syndrome (section)

==In popular culture==
"The Jerusalem Syndrome", a theater play by [[Joshua Sobol]], deals with the fanaticism that led to the destruction of the Jewish [[Second Temple]].<ref>[https://dramaisrael.org/en/play/the-jerusalem-syndrome/ The Jerusalem Syndrome / Joshua Sobol] at Israeli Dramatists Website. Accessed 6 Nov 2023.</ref>

In [[The X-Files (season 3)|''The X-Files'' (Season 3, Episode 11, "Revelations,")]] released in 1995), the perpetrator is depicted as having "Jerusalem Syndrome" after a visit to the city. He returns to the US and begins to hunt down people with signs of [[stigmata]].

In Robert Stone's 1998 novel [[Damascus Gate (novel)|Damascus Gate]], several characters are said to be afflicted with Jerusalem Syndrome.

The 2001 song "Jerusalem" was composed by James Raymond on the topic of the Jerusalem Syndrome. It appears on the 2001 record ''Just Like Gravity'', by CPR (David Crosby, Jeff Pevar, James Raymond).

A 2006 film by [[Victor Braun (cinematographer)|Victor Braun]] titled "Jerusalem syndrome" tells the story of a Christian pilgrim with the syndrome.

In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' 2010 episode "[[The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed]]", [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] develops Jerusalem syndrome while visiting [[Israel]] with his family as part of a tour group from Springfield. The illness and its effects on him become a central element of the episode's plot. Eventually, most members of the tour group are overcome with Jerusalem syndrome, each one proclaiming that he/she is the messiah.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/shortcuts/2018/jan/16/jerusalem-syndrome-psychiatric-condition-oliver-mcafee-british-tourist| title=What is Jerusalem syndrome?| newspaper=The Guardian| date=2018-01-16| last1=Saner| first1=Emine| access-date=2018-05-21| archive-date=2018-05-21| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521131746/https://www.theguardian.com/society/shortcuts/2018/jan/16/jerusalem-syndrome-psychiatric-condition-oliver-mcafee-british-tourist| url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 2014 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] series ''[[Black Box (TV series)|Black Box]]'', the episode "Jerusalem" (Season 1, Episode 5) features a character diagnosed with Jerusalem syndrome after he becomes suddenly and compulsively religious during a trip to Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Jerusalem |website=[[IMDb]] |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3215466/?ref_=ttep_ep5 |access-date=2018-10-28 |archive-date= 2021-11-06 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211106024849/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3215466/?ref_=ttep_ep5 |url-status= live}}</ref>

The 2015 movie ''[[JeruZalem|Jeruzalem]]'' features a character that is suspected to have the Jerusalem syndrome.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4552524/ | title= Jeruzalem | website= [[IMDb]] | access-date= 2019-11-09 | archive-date= 2019-10-16 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191016101305/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4552524/ | url-status= live }}</ref>

"Jerusalem", the twelfth story in [[Neil Gaiman]]'s 2015 collection, ''[[Neil Gaiman bibliography|Trigger Warning]]'', centres around a British woman who comes down with the syndrome on holiday. She believes God is speaking to her and eventually flees her home to return to Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Neil Gaiman's 'Trigger Warning' |newspaper= New York Times |date= 2015-03-08 |last1=O'Hehir| first1=Andrew |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/08/books/review/neil-gaimans-trigger-warning.html |access-date= 2020-05-21 |archive-date= 2020-08-29 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200829183347/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/08/books/review/neil-gaimans-trigger-warning.html |url-status= live}}</ref>

The catalog of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]'s 2016 show about an earlier era of the city's history used the syndrome as the "organizing [[metaphor]]" for the first paragraph of the introduction, per a review.<ref>Namdar, Ruby, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/books/review/jerusalem-1000-1400-metropolitan-museum-of-art.html "400 Years of Jerusalem Culture"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208175412/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/books/review/jerusalem-1000-1400-metropolitan-museum-of-art.html |date=2016-12-08 }}, ''[[New York Times]]'', December 2, 2016. The catalogue is titled ''Jerusalem: 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven'', edited by Barbara Drake Boehm and Melanie Holcomb. Retrieved 2016-12-04.</ref>

In 2023 the [[York Theatre]] Company produced "The Jerusalem Syndrome,"<ref>[https://jerusalemsyndromemusical.com JerusalemSyndromeMusical.com]</ref> a musical comedy written by Kyle Rosen, Laurence Holzman and Felicia Needleman, and directed by [[Don Stephenson]]. The 14-person cast included [[Farah Alvin]] and [[Lenny Wolpe]].