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apprenticed with artist Keith 
Vandepol to learn picture 
framing.
The Palitis were happy 
living in Ames but wanted a 
larger Jewish community to 
raise their son. They chose 
Metro Detroit to be near 
Sharon’s family members. 
After settling in Berkley, 
Sharon began working as a 
CPA and later acquired her 
own business. Izzy initially 
worked at a picture-framing 
warehouse. 
Realizing that he preferred 
being his own boss, he started 
framing pictures at home and 
stayed afloat from customer 
referrals. Izzy credits interior 
designer-artist Linda Golden 
with helping him get his busi-
ness going. After two years, 
in 1992, Izzy found his ideal 

space in Oak Park. “I liked the 
neighborhood, and I didn’t 
want to be in a mall location,” 
he recalled.
“I’ve known Yisrael since 
he opened up his shop,” 
said Metro Frame customer 
Vickie Howard of Huntington 
Woods. “He’s an artistic wiz-
ard; he has a good eye.” The 
daughter of an artist, Howard 
said she’s very particular about 
framing her artwork. 
Choosing the right mat and 
frame was a joint process, she 
said, in which “we would pick 
together four or five frames, 
then sit and look at my art-
work. Figuring out the fram-
ing took as long as it needed 
to be. He filled my needs for it 
coming out perfectly.”
Paliti said his approach 
was always to ask a custom-

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Yisrael Paliti points 
out favorite paintings 
at his home in Oak 
Park.

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