Emanuel Rackman
Rabbi ( Menachem ) Emanuel Rackman ( "Menachem 'immanuel Raqman"; June 24 , 1910 in Albany – December 1 , 2008 ) was an American Modern Orthodox Rabbi , who 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" . 
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