An English translation of excerpts from the book by Itzchak Belfer has been published by the Advocate for Children and Youth of Ontario in cooperation with the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada. The book, White House in a Grey City was launched on Wednesday, as a part of the 6th lecture in the How to Love a Child, the Janusz Korczak Lecture Series at the University of British Columbia. All members of the audience were presented with a copy of the book. The book was introduced by Nicole Ptinis, the executive assistant to Irwin Elman, the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth of Ontario. The launch was accompanied by an exhibition of Itzchak’s paintings.
The book consists of first four chapters of the original Hebrew edition, as well as a collection of paintings by Itzchak Belfer. These chapters tell us a compelling story of Itzchak’s years as a child of Janusz Korczak at the orphanage “Dom Sierot”.