Harry was born in 1946 in Poland to Holocaust survivor parents. Harry and his parents immigrated to Israel where his father fought in the War of Independence. In the early 50s the family settled in Toronto. Harry graduated from the University of Toronto in 1968. He taught mathematics at George Brown College, Centennial College and Seneca College for 25 years. In the period of 1989-2002, Harry attended and completed programs at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Ecole Des Arte Decoratif in Strasbourg, France, Fordham University and The New York Studio School in New York City.

His paintings are about the endlesslȀ repetitive story of children whose awareness of their identity is ripped from them by the communities and circumstances of their birth. His effort is an additional level of rescue for these children. It is also a cry to us all that the risk to our personal, cultural and religious identities is still and always a contemporary issue.