It is a particularly significant anniversary year because the New York-born Elkins was for 17 years the BBC’s voice from Jerusalem, and this year marks the half-century of the reunification of Jerusalem.
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, late former president Shimon Peres and French President François Hollande. Interpreter Gisele Abazon stands behind Peres and Hollande.(photo credit: KOBI GIDEON/GPO)ByGREER FAY CASHMAN