Identity area
Reference code
RU-AVPRI/180/1856/ff115-115v
Title
About nomination of Moshe Franco for the post of chief rabbi of Jerusalem
Date(s)
- 1911-12-29-1911-12-29 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, fol. 115-115v
Context area
Name of creator
(19th century - 1914)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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.