Get excited: your experience at CYP Raleigh is about to level up, bigtime. We’re moving to a new home, and it’s going to be nothing short of revolutionary.

Located in the heart of Downtown, the new center at 225 S. Wilmington Street is going to transform Jewish life for young professionals in the area. As the only shul in Downtown, this vibrant communal and spiritual hub will provide a space where our community can gather, grow, and thrive together.

The new space is a former distillery, and the vibes are everything you could imagine: warm, rustic, welcoming, and best of all, it’s turnkey ready. It’s an urban oasis and it’s going to make CYP Raleigh even more accessible for all. 

Get ready for… 

• A dedicated sanctuary (Daily minyans, here we come)
• A central event space (Think Shabbat dinners, holiday events, all the good stuff)
• A 24/7 library, lounge, and workspace(Cowork, anyone?)
• A rooftop deck (Views of Downtown for dayssss)
• A full-service commercial kitchen (Finger-lickin’ good kosher dinners and events)
• A place that you can call home in the absolute heart of Downtown (First and only shul in the area!)

Meetings, Shabbat dinners, holiday events, coworking sessions, prayer, study… whatever you need, the Shul Downtown is your address. 

Currently, CYP events take place at the home of Rabbi Zalmy and Mushka Dubinsky. Due to the space constraints, events often sell out quickly and are limited in scope. 

The new 8,100-square-foot center will change that. From Shabbat dinners and holiday celebrations to a dedicated sanctuary and a 24/7 lounge, this center will serve as the cornerstone of Jewish life in downtown Raleigh.

It’s going to allow us to grow as a community in ways beyond imaginable.

We’ve got the people, we’ve got the building, and we’ve got the vision.

Now, we’re on a mission to raise $1.2 million so we can bring the dream to life.

These funds will allow us to finalize the purchase and transform what was once a distillery into the heart of Jewish life in Raleigh. 

Located in the absolute heart of Downtown, the shul provides a space for community to thrive. 

Because shul is community; it’s the laughter, the business deals, the heart-to-heart conversations, the recipe swaps and the budding friendships. It’s where we nurture our spirituality and embrace the holiness within the mundane. It’s where we go to find a connection with something higher.

The Shul Downtown is going to be the only established Jewish presence downtown, serving as a welcoming home for Raleigh’s Jews. Here, everyone can find a sense of belonging and tap into their Jewish identity.

The Shul is where things happen, the center of it all. 

Join our family of incredible Chabad Young Professionals as we build our own shul and our own community, one Shabbat dinner, one class, one celebration at a time. 

This is shul, reimagined.

This is your Jewish home downtown. 

With your support, we can create a welcoming home where every young Jew in Raleigh can find a sense of belonging.