The holy land was supposed to be spotless, a serious equivalent of Disneyland in which not a single candy wrapper is to stay on the ground for more than a few minutes.

I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

Yes, I was born in Coney Island. The Holy Land.

I love stuff from the Holy Land. It makes me feel blessed.

Religious practice in the Land of the Bible tends to encourage exclusivity and discrimination rather than love and magnanimity. There is no place like the Holy Land to make one cynical about religion.

The Dominican Republic is my holy land, my Mecca.