Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Rackman, Emanuel. |
| Title: | Emanuel Rackman Manuscripts |
| Inclusive Dates: | before 1967 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Typescript and handwritten manuscript by the Jewish scholar and theologian. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Rabbi Emanual (Menachim) Rackman (1920-2008) was an American Jewish scholar and theologian. For twenty years he served as Rabbi at Congregation Shaarey Tefila, then in Far Rockaway, Queens, and then at the prominent Fifth Avenue Synagogue in Manhattan. He wasd an outspoken advocate of a more inclusive, intellectually open Orthodox Judaism, including supporting the right of agunot (women whose husbands will not or cannot grant them an official bill of divorce, known as a get) to remarry.
The Emanuel Rackman Manuscripts consist of four manuscripts, essays on topics relating to Judaism. Three are typescripts and the fourth is a handwritten version of one of the typed ones.
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Emanuel Rackman Manuscripts,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Unspecified, 1967. Probably gift of Rabbi Rackman.
Created by: MRC
Date: 25 May 2011
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