Shenkin

Shenkin opposed the first kiosk to appear in Tel Aviv…but today, the street named for him has become the most commercial. It’s a very bourgeoisie, middle class area.
Most of the stores are American chain stores and brand names – food, banks, clothing and accessories. Very trendy and fashionable. Very few of the restaurants have kashrut (kosher) certificates. You see a lot more English than you do in Jerusalem, and almost no Arabic (even though it’s an official language. Street signs do appear in Arabic, English, and Hebrew, but very few advertisements, store names, etc. appear in Arabic (as they do in Jerusalem). In many ways, it attempts to be the Greenwich Village of Israel. Some say it’s most symbolic of secular Israel.