Item RU-AVPRI/180/1856/ff115-115v - About nomination of Moshe Franco for the post of chief rabbi of Jerusalem

1 item, fol. 115-115v

Report; thanks to chief rabbi in Constantinople Chaim Nahum Effendi party "Alliance Israélite" insisted in nomination of Moshe Franco for the post of chief rabbi of Jerusalem, Spanish Jew, 70 years old. He is not intelligent or savant and will be an instrument of this party. Local Jewish community accepted him, but conflicts are possible in future; Jewish community. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.F. Kruglov; Recipient: Russian Ambassador in Constantinople N.V. Charykov.