The Kotel is called the Wailing Wall because of all the tears that Jews have shed over the centuries in front of this holy place. Tears of prayer, pain, hope and joy. There has been so much crying at the Wall that some say the stones themselves look like they are crying.

But in June 1967, a unique cry was heard. A heart of stone that never experienced anything Jewish suddenly burst into tears. His cry was not a prayerful cry, nor a joyful cry. It was not an expression of yearning or hope, but a cry over the emptiness of his soul...