Dina Rubina. A Hidden Myth...

Yes, there are a lot of crazy people in Jerusalem; there's no point in hiding it. The very topography, the historical setting, the millennia-old religious fervor—in short, the entire complex of the sublime, epic essence of existence—is quite conducive to the possibility of an impressionable person going crazy.
Local psychiatry can even boast of a special diagnosis: "Jerusalem syndrome," which is found in only one place on the globe, but in the most remarkable, most mysterious place.