Word: wising
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Judaism was once defined, by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, as "a religion without mysteries or miracles, rational and self-evident ... in perfect harmony with modern science, criticism and philosophy, and in full sympathy with universal liberty, equality, justice, and charity...
Bohemia-born Rabbi Wise arrived in the U.S. in 1846 to find the country's Jews scattered and unorganized, and falling away from their ancient faith. For half a century he traveled up & down the land preaching and organizing a new, liberalized Judaism; it laid less stress on traditional forms and observances than on cutting the vital principles of the Old Testament to the democratic measure of the New World. "American Judaism" which he founded is today called "Reform," and numbers 350 U.S. congregations...
...must be wonderful to be a graduate student. Each term about this time, or maybe a week earlier, every undergraduate sizes up his situation academic-wise and says to himself just that: wouldn't it be nice to be a graduate...
...nutria ranks somewhere between muskrat and mink-$1,400 to $1,700 for a full-length coat. But so far, domestic pelts have not been too successful. U.S. trappers do not know much about preparing them. The Wildlife Service hopes that the quality will improve as trappers get nutria-wise. In any event, the nutria will be a welcome immigrant. Unlike many furbearers, most of which (e.g., skunks) are carnivorous, its flesh is pink and good to eat. A carcass prepared for cooking weighs about eight pounds. Some compare it to rabbit. When roasted, say other connoisseurs, it is like...
Holt said he believed that the waiters were "misinformed" about the value of a change in the wage scale, but declared that he would be happy to discuss the matter with the group, and make any changes he felt wise...