PHOTOGRAPHY BY

LINDA RADIN

A

great jewelry heist
occurred at Neiman
Nlarcus, but it was all
in fun to benefit the
Jewish Ensemble Theatre
(JET). A $5,000 prize of
Stephen Dweck fine jewelry
was raffled off along with a
New York weekend package
and a Detroit dining extrava-
ganza. Ironically, actor David Wolber
won the jewelry. In his most recent JET role,
he played a thug in Conversations With 1.1y
Father.
More than 500 patrons participated in the
evening of intrigue, clue solving, prizes,
shopping and dining. Gregory Dweck, a co-
designer of his brother's namesake jewelry
line Stephen Dweck, attended the event.
The clues were theater brainteasers and
trivia questions, like who won the most
Tony awards or the name of Agatha
Christie's hit mystery on an island.
Ellen and Jim Labes only struggled a
few moments with the JJ1' Fair Lady
questions. If the players need some help to unravel
the clues. JET volunteers aided only when the players told the
volunteer a joke. The volunteers even wore a button instructing
players to tell them a joke for help.
"The crowd really enjoyed figuring out the clues, and the
enthusiasm escalated into sales for Neiman Marcus," said
Audrey Edelheit, sales associate on the designer couture third
floor and JET volunteer usher.
Theater buff Julie Yolles helped write the clues for this
benefit and the last one. "It's such a creative event, that
there's literally something for everyone — whether it's
shopping, eating, schmoozing, clue solving, or just enjoying
the live music and casual party atmosphere."

— Carla Schwartz

1. Joyce LaBan of Bloomfield Hills, Fran and
George Stern of Birmingham and David Stulherg
of West Bloomfield dig into the delicious fare
from John Spagnuolo's Creative Gourmet in
Eastpointe.

2.Phoebe Mainster of Bloomfield Hills, Ariela
Shani, general manager of Neiman Marcus, and

Doreen Hermelin, honorary chairman, supervise
the event.

and former Detroit Police Chief Ike McKinnon
guard the jewels at Neiman Marcus.

Market of Southfield, pours a glass of wine for
Abe Leisner of New York.

3.Co-chairmen Jan Frank and J. Laevin Weiner
helped to make this event a success.

8.Barbara Mortesky, Bob Moretsky and Uri Katz,
all of West Bloomfield, unravel the clues.

4.The Chuck Scales Jazz Trio hit all the right
keys for the JET event.

6.Honorary chairman Henrietta Hermelin
Weinberg of Southfield shares some laughs with
Nick Calanni of Tennesse and Cheryl Chodun of
WXYZ-TV.

5.Jewelry designer Greg Dweck of New York

7.Rick Sams, of Vintage Wine for Majestic

9.Jet actor David Wolber of Ann Arbor wins the
raffle and is off in a hurry before a recount.

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