New Engagement!
Levi Laufer (Crown Heights) to Rochel Mochkin (Rochester, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, May 3rd, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
INBOX: F-1 (Student) Visas For Non-US Citizens Coming to Study In the United States
OPT eligibility is based on the level of education, not the school. You can have more than one OPT, but only if each one is for a higher level (for example, bachelor’s after associate’s, or master’s after bachelor’s). Doing another program at the same level does not make you eligible for a new OPT.
Weekly Dvar Torah: Pesach Sheni – A Second Birth
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman speaks about the concept of a second chance, how Pesach Sheini is in fact an aspect of our Jewish identity.
New Engagement!
Sholom Ber Schtroks (Cologne, Germany) to Chaya Minzberg (Tzfat, EY)
New Kovetz Iyun Released From Kollel Anash of Crown Heights
Kollel Anash of Crown Heights has released a new volume of the acclaimed Kovetz Iyunim series. The Kovetz includes articles by kollel members on the topic of Choshen Mishpat.
Chinuch Training Focuses on Building Students’ Self-Worth
The Merkos Chinuch Office recently hosted the fourth class of its Foundations of Chinuch training series, a program exploring the Rebbe’s approach to chinuch through the Twelve Pesukim, with this session focusing on Kol Yisroel and Ve’ahavta.
Trump Creates Retirement Accounts for Those Without 401Ks
President Trump has signed an executive order to create retirement accounts for workers who don’t currently have access to a 401(k) or another workplace plan. Each account would receive a yearly federal matching contribution of up to $1,000.
Queen Camilla Receives Slain Bondi Rabbi’s Final Book
When Lisa Sharkey was invited to a literacy event at the New York Public Library featuring Her Majesty Queen Camilla of England, who was visiting during the British royal couple’s state visit to the United States, the publisher knew just what to gift the Queen.
JEM: The Rebbe’s Personal Request to a Professor
At a farbrengen, the Rebbe discusses with a professor the possibility of publishing—and completing—an unfinished mathematical manuscript written by his brother.
Odessa Jewish School and Orphanage Suffers Direct Hit in Drone Strike
In a drone attack that wounded at least 18 people and damaged residential buildings, Chabad-Lubavitch’s Ohr Avner Jewish day school, led by Rabbi Avraham and Chaya Wolff, sustained a direct hit, leaving the building severely damaged.
After Four Days in Panama, Spanish-Speaking Women Head Home With Renewed Jewish Commitment
Building on the success of last year’s inaugural retreat, this year’s program featured a lineup of seven engaging speakers, covering topics from Shalom Bayit and bitachon to the meaning of tefilah and personal geulah.
Here’s My Story: The Year of Wonders
Mrs. Rochel Goldman and her husband, Rabbi Yossy Goldman, have served as Chabad emissaries in South Africa for fifty years, since 1976, and have led the Sydenham-Highlands North Hebrew Congregation in Johannesburg since 1986. She was interviewed in February 2026.
Weekly Letter: The Special Status Of A Kohen
In the week where we learn of the laws applying to the kohanim, we share a letter where the Rebbe addresses a kohen – underlining his special status and what it entails and how this applies to the daughter of a kohen.
The Jew Project: Segev Kalfon, Hostage From The Nova Festival
Segev Kalfon, a survivor of the The Nova Festival and former hostage, sat down with Yisroel Teitelbaum of the Jew Project for a portrait.
A Surf Town and a Mega Seder: Chabad Opens in Montañita
The first time Rabbi Yossi Hus stepped foot in Montañita was in 2019. “I came with a few friends to run a Passover Seder there,” he recalls. After he got married, he and his wife Henny came for Passover — this time as a couple. This year, they moved to Montañita to establish the area’s first-ever full-time Jewish presence.
Ancient City Discovered On Land Where New Chabad Community Is Set To Be Established In Eretz Yisroel
Walls of stone — not carved — whole stones placed together with mud to build ancient houses. Bakeries in caves with chimneys. Underground food storage, and water systems that carried rain through tunnels and into deep wells. It’s a love and fear moment.
New Engagement!
Zusha Sandman (London, UK) to Rivkale Kaplan (Oak Park, MI) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday,8:30pm at Rubashkin’s 1349 President St. Upstairs
