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Elul 8

Romans break down upper walls of Jerusalem and resistance stops, 70

Statute of Kalisz, 1264, Prince Boleslav V defines Jewish rights

Death of David Gans, Jewish historian, Prague, 1613, Zemah (Tsemach) David

Birth of Henrietta Herz, leader of the Berlin "Salon," 1764

Death of R. Abraham Kohn, poisoned, Lemberg, 1848

Death of Brugsch Pasha, Egyptologist, 1894