Bubbles on Ben Yehuda

Photo Credit: Nati Shohat/FLASH90

A young woman blowing large soap bubbles in the middle of Ben Yehuda street in Jerusalem.

Ben Yehuda Street, known as the “Midrachov,” or pedestrian mall, is a major thoroughfare in downtown Jerusalem, closed to vehicular traffic.

The street, named after the reviver of Modern Hebrew, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, runs from the intersection of King George Street to Zion Square and Jaffa Road.