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How Judaism Can Make
The World A Better Place
Walking Home, along with the Jewish
Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education, FedEd and the Jewish
Community Center's SAJE (Seminars
for Adult Jewish Enrichment), are
holding a free event with Rabbi
Nathan Lopes Cardozo on Sunday, Jan.
13, at 7 p.m. at the Maple Theater in
Bloomfield Township.
Cardozo, known
as a radical religious
thinker, will speak-
ing on "The Great
Challenge: Judaism's
Obligation to the
World." He believes
that as the world
finds itself at a moral
Rabbi Nathan
and spiritual cross-
Cardozo
road, Judaism must
unlock its resources and dare to make
radical suggestions for mankind to
implement, so as to make the world a
better place.
Cardozo is founder and dean of the
David Cardozo Academy in Jerusalem
(www.cardozoacademy.org ).
Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the
United Hebrew Congregations of
Britain, says, "[Cardozo] is one of the
most thoughtful voices in contempo-
rary thinking, a man of deep faith and
wide intellectual horizons, unafraid to
confront the challenges of the age with
the quiet confidence of one who is
attuned to the music of eternity:'
There is no charge, but RSVPs are
required to chana@walkinghome.org
or (248) 660-9461. The evening will
include a kosher dessert reception.
Walking Home has monthly meet-
ings on a wide variety of topics taught
by local rabbis. For details and updates
on upcoming events, check www.
walkinghome.org/nextevent, or con-
tact Walking Home at chana@
walkinghome.org to be added to the
mailing list.

Nominations Open
For Maas Prize
Applications are open for the 2013
Maas Prize, and this year the $5,000
award will be awarded in the area of
the humanities. The Benard L. Maas
Prize for Achievement in Jewish
Culture and Continuity is offered
by the Benard L. Maas Foundation,
in cooperation with the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.
Conferred annually on a rotating
basis in the areas of humanities, per-
forming arts and fine arts, the Maas
Prize celebrates and honors individu-

als whose work enhances Jewish life
and community, and encourages the
exploration of Jewish cultural issues.
For this year's humanities award, the
individual may be a working writer,
scholar or educator. Applicants must
be Michigan residents; be Jewish or
have work that impacts the Jewish
community or whose work is inspired
by Jewish culture; and are recognized
for their work on a regional, statewide
or national level.
A prize of $5,000 and a certificate of
achievement will be awarded at a pub-
lic ceremony in the spring.
Artist Lynne Avadenka, a former
recipient, chairs the Maas Prize com-
mittee.
The deadline for nominations is
Feb. 15, 2013. For complete details or
to apply, go to www.jewishdetroit.org/
maas. Applications will be accepted
online only through SlideRoom. For
additional information, contact Judy
Loebl at Federation's Alliance for
Jewish Education at (248) 642-4618 or
Loebl@jfmd.org.

Jewish Official To Fill
Inouye's Senate Seat
(JTA) Hawaii's governor named his
Jewish lieutenant governor, Brian
Schatz, to replace the late Daniel
Inouye in the U.S. Senate.
Gov. Neil Abercrombie, a Democrat,
on Wednesday named Schatz, a for-
mer chairman of the state Democratic
Party, to replace Inouye, who died last
week.
Schatz, 40, lists his
religion as Jewish on
his Facebook page.
He campaigned for
President Obama
in Hawaii, Obama's
home state, in 2008,
and his experience
is in the nonprofit
Brian Schatz
sector. He was for
a time the CEO of
Helping Hands Hawaii, a social ser-
vices provider.
Inouye, who was a pro-Israel leader
in the Senate and who once consid-
ered converting to Judaism, had told
Abercrombie that his preferred suc-
cessor would be U.S. Rep. Colleen
Hanabusa (D-Hawaii).
Inouye's office said it was "disap-
pointed," but wished Schatz the best of
luck, the Associated Press reported.
Schatz will serve until 2014, when
there will be a general election for the
seat.
Schatz brings to 11 the number of
U.S. Senators who identify as Jewish.

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