# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emanuel-rackman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:27:25.349Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emanuel-rackman"
name: "Emanuel Rackman"
slug: "emanuel-rackman"
description: "Rabbi (Menachem) Emanuel Rackman was an American Modern Orthodox Rabbi, president of the RCA, vice-president of Yeshiva University. President of Bar-Ilan University from 1977 to 1986. He held pulpits in major congregations and helped draw attention to the plight of Refuseniks in the then-Soviet Union and attempted to resolve the dilemma of the Agunah, a woman who cannot remarry because her husband will not grant a Get, the required religious divorce decree that would free her to remarry under Halacha."
tagline: "American rabbi (1910–2008)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1910-06-24"
deathDate: "2008-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump