More than a space. A home for Jewish life.
You're not building furniture.
- You're building the Shabbat table where someone finds their first real Jewish community in Boca.
- The room where two people meet, and more than once, end up building a life together.
- The place someone walks into uncertain and eventually starts calling home.
- The conversation that makes Judaism feel relevant again.
- The DoBo Loft is the next chapter of CYP DoBo, and everyone who helps build it will be part of that story for a long time.
1,360 sq ft of possibility.
A third-floor lounge overlooking Downtown Boca, designed to flex: lounge seating for Shabbat dinners, open floor for events, breakout areas for learning, and a kitchen/bar setup for the hospitality that makes CYP DoBo feel like CYP DoBo.
The balcony is for everything else: morning coffee, evening conversations, that one kumzitz that went until 1am.
What Life Here Looks Like
Every kind of Jewish moment.
- The Loft isn't reserved for occasional events. It's built to be lived in, all week long.
- GatherShabbat dinners · Happy hours · Holiday celebrations
- ExploreClasses · Sushi & Discussion · Roundtables · Courses
- CreateArt nights · Kumzitzes · Special experiences
- BelongCo-working · Informal gatherings · Spontaneous time together
- ConnectWeddings · Life-cycle moments · Milestones shared together
- Shabbat dinners · Happy hours · Holiday celebrations
- Classes · Sushi & Discussion · Roundtables · Courses
- Art nights · Kumzitzes · Special experiences
- Co-working · Informal gatherings · Spontaneous time together
- Weddings · Life-cycle moments · Milestones shared together
It takes two things to make a home like this possible.
Build the Home
Over the next six months, we need to transform the raw space into a thoughtful, welcoming, permanent hub for young Jewish life.
Bring It to Life
The room matters because of what happens inside it. The annual budget funds both the physical home and the Jewish life that fills it.
Over the next six months, we need to transform the raw space into a thoughtful, welcoming, permanent hub for young Jewish life.
The room matters because of what happens inside it. The annual budget funds both the physical home and the Jewish life that fills it.
The buildout creates the room. The annual budget creates the life inside it — two separate needs, never combined into one total.
Build it once. Bring it to life every year.
Annual Program & Space Budget
The DoBo Loft & the community it makes possible.
The Loft is more than a space. It's the home base for Shabbat dinners, classes, holiday programs, conversations, friendships, and the everyday life of this community.
It takes approximately $125,000 each year to sustain the DoBo Loft and the programs that bring the community to life. This includes the annual cost of the space, First Friday Shabbat experiences, holiday programs, outreach, classes, and ongoing Jewish learning.
Community Programs
Program expenses include food, staffing, educators, entertainment, supplies, marketing, security, and other event-related costs.
The DoBo Loft
A permanent home for Shabbat dinners, classes, happy hours, leadership gatherings, co-working, and the everyday life of the community.
Ticket sales and program fees cover only a portion of the cost. The rest is made possible by monthly partners, major gifts, and community support.
$64,776 of this year's support is already committed or projected.
- Committed toward the space
- Projected from monthly partners
- “Committed” funds are already pledged toward the space. “Projected” is the annual total we expect from current Chai Club monthly partners, not funds already received.
- A Closer Look: The Space Itself
- The space is on its way: $39,000 of the Loft's $70,000 annual space cost is already committed. $31,000 remains.
Monthly partners make the everyday possible.
Recurring support helps CYP DoBo plan confidently: sustaining the space, the gatherings, the Shabbat tables, the learning, and the outreach that happen inside it, month after month.
Projected annually from current Chai Club monthly partners, not funds already received.
First, we have to build the room.
- Six months. One permanent home.
- A separate, one-time investment to transform the unfinished space into a warm, functional home for the community, including construction, furnishings, lighting, technology, and the indoor-outdoor gathering areas.
- This is separate from the $125,000 Annual Program & Space Budget, which recurs every year. The two are never combined into a single total.
- What the buildout covers:
- Furnishings + hospitality
- Technology + learning infrastructure
- Indoor/outdoor experience: the balcony
Two needs. One home.
However you'd like to give, there's a real, direct way to do it.
Build the Loft
One-time capital gifts toward the $150,000 buildout: the interior, furnishings, and finishes that turn the space into a home.
Families interested in underwriting a significant part of the buildout can speak directly with Rabbi Yosef about leadership and naming opportunities.
Sustain the Community
Monthly or annual support toward the operating budget: the space, Shabbat, holidays, and learning that fill it.
Chai Club partners give monthly, from $54 to $500. Ultimate partners ($500/month) sustain a meaningful share of a month's programming.
Fund Where It's Needed Most
Flexible support that CYP DoBo can direct to whatever has the greatest impact: the buildout, the annual budget, or wherever the need is greatest.
Let's figure out what's right for you.
Fill out a quick form and Rabbi Yosef will be in touch, whether that's a monthly commitment, a one-time gift, a major gift conversation, or just a conversation.
A lot of beautiful things start in a room.
Friendships. Shabbat tables. Late-night conversations that turn into something more. Young Jews deciding, maybe for the first time, that this is their home too. Help us build the room where it happens.
