Carmel School, of Hong Kong, played host to three distinguished visitors in June: Israeli violinist Pinchas Zuckerman and his wife, cellist Amanda Forsyth and story teller, Hanoch Teller.

Renowned Israeli violinist Pinchas Zukerman and his wife, cellist Amanda Forsyth, performed for an afternoon assembly. They performed duos by Kodaly, Hava Nagila, and Hatikvah for the enthusiastic students.

Jacob Zion has a vision of creating a cheder in Hong Kong to answer the needs of Jewish Middle School children.  Zion believes that this cheder would make Hong Kong more attractive to many other families.

Jacob Zion is a ba’al tshuva from a traditional Israeli home. Twenty years ago, he became religious while working in Hong Kong in the diamond business. He now  has a dream, Zion wants to create a cheder.