DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com DETROIT JEWISH NEWS frontlines >> letters theJEWISHNEWS.com Arthur M. Horwitz F. Kevin Browett Publisher / Executive Editor Chief Operating Officer ahorwitz@renmedia.us Jackie Headapohl Managing Editor jheadapohl©renmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor kcohen@renmedia.us Gail Zimmerman Arts Editor gzimmerman®renmedia.us Deborah Schultz Corporate Creative Director dschultz@renmedia.us EDITORIAL Senior Copy Editor David Sachs dsachs©renmedia.us Editorial Assistant Sy Manello smanello@renmedia.us Senior Columnist Danny Raskin dannyraskinisbcglobal.net Contributing Editor Robert Sklar rsklar®renmedia.us Contributing Writers Bill Carroll Suzanne Chessler Annabel Cohen Don Cohen Shelli Liebman Dorfman sdorfman©thejewishnews.com Ronelle Grier Esther Allweiss Ingber Harry Kirsbaum Lynne Konstantin Rabbi Jason Miller Allan Nahajewski Robin Schwartz Steve Stein moi l) sports@thejewishnews.com RED Managing Editor Jackie Headapohl jheadapohl©renmedia.us Contributing Editors Gail Zimmerman gzimmerman@renmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen kcohen@renmedia.us Printed In Michigan 6 January 3 • 2013 kbrowett@renmedia.us 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. Keith Farber Sales Director kfarberFrenmedia.us Account Executives Ann G. 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