For parents
Your kid has a seat at our table.
Duke is a long way from home. The Fleishman House is a short walk from East Campus. Here's what we want you to know, parent to parent.
Sending a kid off to college is a leap of faith. So let's get the important part out of the way: at the Fleishman House, your student is known by name. There's a seat for them every Friday night, a home-cooked meal on the table, and two people who notice when they haven't come by in a while.
When you visit, and you should, come to Shabbat dinner. Parents are always welcome, no notice needed, though a heads-up helps us with the brisket math. Family Weekend is the biggest Shabbat of our year: grandparents drive up from Florida for it. And kosher in Durham is easier than you've heard. Between our kitchen and Yalla, our kosher food truck, nobody's going hungry.
Tell us your student's birthday. We'll bake a cake, gather their friends, and sing. If you'd like to sponsor the celebration from five hundred miles away, it's a gift they'll actually taste.
Sick kid? Exam week? A rough stretch? Tell us. Hot chicken soup has a way of showing up at dorm doors. It's not a program. It's just what you'd do.
And really, write us anytime. [email protected] reaches us, not a front desk.
Nossen & Chaya
When you visit
Friday night services and dinner happen at the house, and visiting family always has a place at the table. Yalla covers kosher lunch on campus during the week. For everything else about a Durham visit, where to stay, where to find a minyan or a mikvah, what a weekend here looks like, write us and we'll point you the right way.
Partners in this.
Most of what happens in this house is made possible by parents. If Chabad is part of your student's Duke story, help us keep the door open, or put your family's name on a Friday night.