Emanuel Rackman Manuscripts, before 1967
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Rackman, Emanuel.
- Abstract:
- Typescript and handwritten manuscript by the Jewish scholar and theologian.
- Extent:
- 1 folder (SC)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Emanuel Rackman Manuscripts,
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Acquisition information:
- Unspecified, 1967. Probably gift of Rabbi Rackman.
- Arrangement:
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None.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
- Terms of access:
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Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
- Preferred citation:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Emanuel Rackman Manuscripts,
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections Research CenterSyracuse University LibrariesBird Library, Room 600Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
- Contact:
- 315.443.2697scrc@syr.edu