8thח׳ElulאלולAM 0000ה׳תשפ״ו

According to tradition, Roman Empire destroyed the Upper City of ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM.

ירושלים Yeruŝalayim · ארץ ישראל Ereẓ Yisraʾel

Death of יוסף פיצ׳ון YOSEF PICHÓN.

Burgos · Europe

Birth of Siegfried Sassoon.

Matfield

A referendum added a constitutional ban on kosher slaughter in Switzerland.

Founding of נהלל NAHALAL.

Gal Fridman won מדינת ישראל MEDINAT YISRAʾEL’s first Olympic gold medal.

The implementation of the disengagement plan was completed with the withdrawal from Gaza.

A תענית ציבור TAʾANIT ẒIBUR commemorates the massacre of יהודים YEHUDIM in Mainz.

Mainz · Europe