Abraham Furtado (1756-1817), was born to a French
Jewish family of Portuguese
Marano descent. He was elected president of the
Assembly of Notables; later he served as secretary of
Napoleon's "Grand Sanhedrin".
See also
References
Arthur Hertzberg, The French Enlightenment and the Jews: The Origins of Modern Anti-Semitism, Columbia University Press, New York, 1968.