Thirty years after it was built and 25 years since they
I bought it, Tony and Phyllis Payson decided they'd rather
update than move away from their Walnut Lake home that
included a feature Tony simply couldn't give up—fly fishing
right outside his door.

"I catch a lot of bass out there," he said.

The first step in their monumental redo was searching for, and
selecting the right company for the job—Gittleman. "We
couldn't have found a better company," said Tony. "The whole
place needed refurbishing." From top to bottom, inside and
out, the Payson family home was transformed from a 1970's
house to a fabulous 21st century residence with a new roof
and roofline, cathedral ceilings and new windows, a state-of-
the-art kitchen, his & her walk-in closets, limestone floors,
marble fireplaces and more. It has become, they said, "the
house we've always wanted."

Best yet, it happened without hassle, within budget and ahead
of time. In February, the Paysons moved out and Gittleman
took over. By Memorial Day, Phyllis was busy with the decorator, finishing the interior exactly as she
dreamed and Tony was casting away from his own backyard. Now, grandchildren come by to visit and
friends are amazed by their all new old home.

"It looks just great," said Tony. "Scott Gittleman was terrific, the company was terrific, they all did a
wonderful job, really just out of this world."

And totally down to earth. "He kept in close contact with us at all times. And if there was a problem it
was taken care of immediately."

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Casting Off The Evil

Repentant PLO terrorist is reborn as Zionist Arab;
brings his pro-Israel campaign to JCC.

the educational system," says Amy
Margolis, AISH of Detroit program
director. "This is someone who experi-
enced it first hand. It can be unpleas-
ept. 11 is something tremen-
ant to hear but it is very important to
dously bad that happened to
understand."
this country — it was a wake-
Rabbi Alon Tolwin, Aish of Detroit
up call, and it's good to take advantage
director, said, "Shoebat is a man with
of a wake-up call," says Walid
tremendous moral clari-
Shoebat, a self-
ty who has received
described former
rave reviews from
Palestinian terrorist
Jewish centers and fed-
now an outspoken
erations all around the
pro-Israel Christian
country. I really think
activist.
it's import to hear his
Shoebat will share
message, which is espe-
the story of his awak-
cially powerful coming
ening to Zionism and
from an Arab and a for-
will sound his own
mer Muslim."
wake-up call on the
After living in the
fourth anniversary of
United
States for 15
9-11 at 7:30 p.m. at
years, he married a
the West Bloomfield
Catholic woman and
JCC. His appearance
tried to convert her to
is sponsored by Aish
Islam. When she chal-
HaTorah of Detroit.
Wjalid Shoebat
lenged his anti-Jewish
Shoebat, 45, was
attitudes, he consulted
raised as a Muslim in
the Bible to support his position but
Beith Sahur, a mostly Christian city
came away questioning what he had
outside of Bethlehem in the West
been taught. More study and a visit to
Bank. His Ametican-born Christian
mother and Muslim father sent him to Israel led him to ask forgiveness for his
previous behavior and speak out for
schools of both faiths, where he says
Jews
and Israel.
hatred of Jews, Judaism and Israel
"I was accused of being a Christian
were nurtured and given expression.
Zionist before I even knew what it
"The issue was never about the
wasi" says Shoebat. "I know it's a
occupation of land that supposedly
label; but you know what, I like it.
belonged to the Arabs," says Shoebat.
"The real problem is the occupation of There is nothing wrong with being a
Christian Zionist or a Muslim Zionist.
the minds of young children. That is
Christians have been a great abuser of
the real occupation." He says he was
the Jewish people, and now they are
taught Jews have no connection to the
coming around."
land, that Jews are evil and that the
Holocaust was a myth.
Explaining how his own mind was
occupied, he confesses to violent activ- No Two-State Solution
Shoebat has a decidedly right-wing
ities ranging from throwing rocks at
perspective gleaned from his own
Jewish worshippers at the Western
experiences, his faith and his under-
Wall in Jerusalem following Muslim
standing of politics and history. He
prayers to savagely beating an Israeli
opposes the recent withdrawal from
soldier and bombing an Israeli bank.
Gaza and part of the northern West
"I was a Palestinian terrorist, not a
Bank, predicting, "it's not going to
freedom fighter," he tells his audi-
change the status quo." He believes it
ences.
will only whet the Arab desire to
After a brief stint in an Israeli
prison, at age 18 he moved to Chicago destroy Israel while doing nothing to
curtail violence or ease international
where he helped promote and raise
pressure on Israel for more conces-
funds for the PLO.
sions.
"It is so important for people to
Likewise he doesn't support the
hear how he was raised with hatred in

DON COHEN
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