Straus Street
Looking north on Straus Street from the intersection with Street of the Prophets | |
| Native name |
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|---|---|
| Former name(s) | Chancellor Avenue |
| Location | Jerusalem |
| North end | Kikar HaShabbat (intersection of Straus Street, Yeshayahu Street, Malkhei Yisrael Street, Yehezkel Street, and Mea Shearim Road); the street continues as Yehezkel Street. |
| South end | Jaffa Road; the street continues as King George Street |
| Construction | |
| Inauguration | 1930 |
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.