Metro

THE SCENE

Bidding For Bachelors
(And Bachelorettes)

Hillel members are auctioned off to raise money for Magen David Adorn.

Julie Schechter of West Bloomfield and Karen Adelman of Berkley

Robin Schwartz
Special to the Jewish News

M

allory Schwartz, 21, a Wayne
State University student in
Detroit, stepped up to the auc-
tion block feeling a little shy and appre-
hensive. But, once the bids started rolling
in she says she felt more relaxed.
"I told people I'm a psychology major,

I enjoy art museums, concerts, animals
and being outdoors',' Schwartz said. "I felt
better after I saw who was bidding on me
because they were my friends and it was
fun?'
Schwartz was just one of 12 brave bach-
elors and bachelorettes who volunteered
to go up for bids during Hillel of Metro
Detroit's second annual bachelor/bach-
elorette auction. About 40 people attended
the Feb. 10 event at Woody's Diner in

Stephanie August of Farmington and Eric Sweet of
West Bloomfield

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Ben Mayer of Oak Park and Tobi Kipling of Ferndale

Royal Oak, which raised more than $600
for Magen David Adom, Israel's version of
the Red Cross.
"I bought three people and now I have
two babysitters and a car washer;' said
Hillel of Metro Detroit's assistant director,
Karen Adelman of Berkley.
"People attended from a number of dif-
ferent universities. We made up brochures
and our volunteers gave a little bio on
themselves. It was low key and everyone

Janet Dashevshky of Oak Park and Mallory Schwartz
of West Bloomfield

had a really good time
Schwartz says the highest bidder for her
ended up being someone she didn't know.
He donated $40. In the end, she says, she
was glad to put herself on the line for a
good cause.
"I wanted to be part of this because
I knew it would help people in Israel:'
Schwartz said. "I thought it was something
nice to do?' El

Danniell Nadiv of Huntington Woods and Jeremy
Zickerman of West Bloomfield