About

We came to Durham to build a home.

We’re Rabbi Nossen and Chaya Fellig. We founded Chabad at Duke because we believe every Jewish student deserves a place where they’re known by name, where the door is always open, and where Friday night means something.

The Fleishman House sits a short walk from East Campus. On any given Shabbat, 200+ students squeeze in for dinner. Some grew up keeping kosher. Some had never been to a Shabbat dinner before. None of that matters here. You belong, full stop.

Beyond Shabbat, we run learning programs, holiday celebrations, retreats, mezuzah projects, and a few things that started as half-jokes and became traditions. The Chabad Crazies (our affectionate name for the community) keep showing us what’s possible.

The wall at the Fleishman House: Home is wherever my bunch of crazies are.

If you’re a student, come for dinner. If you’re a parent, know we’ve got your kid. If you’re an alum, the door’s still open. And if you’re moved by what we do, help us keep building.

Nossen & Chaya

Nossen and Chaya speaking to a backyard full of students from the porch

The people

The Felligs, and the crew that runs the place.

Nossen and Chaya came to Durham in 2016 and have set a bigger table every year since. Their kids will hand you dessert like they own the place, because in every way that matters, they do.

Around them, a student board plans, cooks, schleps, and welcomes. The Chabad Crazies do the rest. Nobody here is staff in the usual sense. It's a family with a very long guest list.

The House

The Fleishman House, Rohr Chabad at Duke Undergrads, established 2016
The living room of the Fleishman House
The green sunroom with seating and tall windows
The game room with a ping pong table

Study hall, sunroom, ping pong, and a dinner table for two hundred. The house works for a living. Come use it.

Visit

204 North Buchanan Blvd
Durham, NC 27701

Reach us

[email protected]