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Straus Street

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Straus Street, Jerusalem
Straus Street, Jerusalem

Straus Street (Hebrew: רחוב שטראוס, Rehov Straus) is a north-south road in north-central Jerusalem. It starts at Jaffa Road and extends to Kikar HaShabbat (Sabbath Square), which marks the intersection of five streets: Straus Street, Yeshayahu Street, Malkhei Yisrael Street, Yehezkel Street, and Mea Shearim Road. The street was named for Nathan Straus, a prominent American merchant and Jewish philanthropist in the early twentieth century.

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Straus Street
Strauss, Jerusalem Meah Shearim

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Strauss 20
9422904 Jerusalem, Meah Shearim
Jerusalem District, Israel
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