1972 NW Flanders Street, Portland, Oregon 97209 | 503-222-1069
1972 NW Flanders Street, Portland, Oregon 97209 | 503-222-1069
Join us for our weekly Shabbat services and wide array of ongoing educational, musical, and social programming! Our schedule of recurring and upcoming events is below in chronological order, complete, where applicable, with the links for those why wish to participate virtually.
Torah Study
Saturdays, 9:00 AM
Social Action Committee Meeting
Wednesday, December 4, 3:00 PM
Online ONLY
Ask Me Anything: a Lunch and Learn with the CBI Clergy
From Newish to Jewish: a CBI Circle
Wednesday, December 4, 12:00 PM
In Person and ONLINE
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Zoom link will be emailed to those who RSVP
The Summer of Love in December
From Culture Nerds: a CBI Circle
Wednesday, December 4, 2:00 PM
Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park Ave)
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Mahjong Meetup
Wednesday, December 4, 6:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
WRJ Pacific District Virtual Chanukah Party
Wednesday, December 4, 7:00 PM
Online ONLY
Click to RSVP
Garden Club Meetup
Wednesday, December 4, 1:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Private home; RSVP for address
Healing Service
Wednesday, December 4, 7:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Senior Social Hour
From Stages and Sages (CBI 65+): a CBI Circle
Thursday, December 5, 4:30 PM
In-Person ONLY
Teardrop Lounge (1015 NW Everett)
Mahjong
Friday, December 6, 6:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Shabbat Evening Service with Guest Sermon from Rabbi Meier Azari
Israel in a Crossroads: A Reform Jewish Perspective
Friday, December 6, 6:00 PM
In-Person and Online
Pollin Chapel
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, December 7, 9:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
CBI Religious School
Sunday, December 8
9:30 AM – 12:15 AM (Elementary and Middle School)
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (High School)
In-Person ONLY
CBI Campus
Chanukah Gift Wrap Sale
Sunday, December 8, 9:15 AM – 1:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Gift Shop
All proceeds benefit the CBI Religious School
B’nei Mitzvah Parent Chat
for Parents of Sixth Graders
From B’nei Mitzvah Parent Chat: a CBI Circle
Sunday, December 8, 9:30 AM
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Game Time!
From The Schmoozer Bowl: a CBI Circle
Sunday, December 8, 10:00 AM
Marathon Taverna (1735 W Burnside Street)
High School Dinner
For Enrolled Religious School Students and Families
Sunday, December 8, 6:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Home of Rabbi Michael Cahana and Cantor Ida Rae Cahana; RSVP for address
Knit-a-Mitzvah
Wednesday, December 11, 10:30 AM
In-Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Board Meeting
Thursday, December 12
6:30 PM (Meeting)
Online ONLY
Join via Zoom
Mahjong
Friday, December 13, 10:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Oneg! Shabbat
Friday, December 13, 6:00 PM
In-Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Online Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, December 14, 10:30 AM
Online ONLY
RSVP for Zoom Link
Woodwind Musician Meetup
From In the Reeds: a CBI Circle
Saturday, December 14, 12:30 PM
Hostel Café (1810 NW Glisan)
Click to RSVP
Scappoose Bay Expedition
from Kayak Companions: a CBI Circle
Sunday, December 15, 10:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Scappoose Bay Marina (57420 Old Portland Road, Warren, OR)
Click to RSVP
CBI Religious School
Sunday, December 15
9:30 AM – 12:15 AM (Elementary and Middle School)
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (High School)
In-Person ONLY
CBI Campus
Chanukah Fair for PreK-Second Graders
Sunday, December 15, 10:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Musical Haggadah Auditions
For enrolled Religious School Students
Sunday, December 15, 1:30 PM
In-Person ONLY
Blumauer Auditorium
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Meetup
Monday, December 16, 10:30 AM
In-Person ONLY
Hostel Café (1810 NW Glisan)
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Chanukah White Elephant Party
Thursday, December 19, 6:30 PM
In-Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Chanukah Family Shabbat Celebration
Friday, December 20, 6:00 PM
In-Person and Online
Goodman Hall
Mahjong
Friday, December 20, 10:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Chanukah Tot Shabbat
Saturday, December 21, 9:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Bar Mitzvah of Shaya Altman Pollack and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, December 21, 10:30 AM
In-Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
No CBI Religious School
Sunday, December 22
Omek Latke Cooking
Sunday, December 22, 3:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Goodman Hall and Kitchen
CBI Main Office Closed
Wednesday, December 25
LiftUP Community Holiday Dinner
Wednesday, December 25
Volunteer shifts begin 8:30 AM; dinner served 12:00 PM -2:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Schnitzer Family Center
Chanukah First Candle
Wednesday, December 25
Chanukah Second Candle
Thursday, December 26
Chanukah Third Candle
Friday, December 27
Mahjong
Friday, December 27, 10:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Kabbalat Shabbat in Chanukah: a SHIR Joy! Event
with music from Bruce Neswick and Aaron Kahn
Friday, December 27, 6:00 PM
In-Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
SHIR Joy is made possible through the generosity of our sponsors, led by Presenting Sponsor Marci Tonkin.
Chanukah Fourth Candle
Saturday, December 28
Chanukah Fourth Candle
Saturday, December 28
Latkes and Vodkas
presented by CBI Brotherhood
Saturday, December 28, 2:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Click to RSVP
No CBI Religious School
Sunday, December 29
Classes resume Sunday, January 5
Chanukah Fifth Candle
Sunday, December 29
Rabbi Joseph’s Chanukah Open House
Sunday, December 29, 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
In Person ONLY
RSVP for address
Chanukah Sixth Candle
Monday, December 30
CBI Main Office Closes at 3:00 PM
Tuesday, December 31
Chanukah Seventh Candle
Tuesday, December 31
CBI Main Office Closed
Wednesday, January 1
Chanukah Eighth Candle
Wednesday, January 1
In continued response to the Covid-19 pandemic, masks are optional–but certainly welcome–for all who join us on the CBI Campus. We continue to strongly encourage members of our community, and of the greater Portland community, to be fully vaccinated.
For the safety and comfort of our community, large backpacks, bags, purses and/or packages ARE NOT ALLOWED in Pollin Chapel or our Main Sanctuary. Our greeters may request to inspect these items and ask that you secure them elsewhere
CBI Main Office Closed
Wednesday, January 1
For New Year’s Day
Mahjong
Friday, January 3
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, January 4
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
CBI Religious School
Sunday, January 5
9:30 AM – 12:15 AM (Elementary and Middle School)
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (High School)
In Person ONLY
CBI Campus
Rolling admission at: https://bethisraelpdx.shulcloud.com/form/religiousschool5785
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Naked Lady Clothing Swap
Sunday, January 5
9:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Blumauer Auditorium
CBI Book Club: Prequel by Rachel Maddow
Sunday, January 5
10:00 AM
In Person and Online
Mirabella (3550 S Bond Ave)
Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83962733008?pwd=TXM5c29GRTlpYkxjTiswV1JqcFF1Zz09
Password is: bookclub
Mensch! A User’s Guide
a Six Part Class from Rabbi Shelton Donnell
Sunday, January 5, 10:00 AM
Online ONLY
Click to Register
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Mahjong Meetup
Wednesday, January 8
6:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Board Meeting
Thursday, January 9
6:00 PM (schmooze)
6:30 PM (meeting)
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Mahjong
Friday, January 10
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Oneg! Shabbat
Friday, January 10
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via livestream: https://www.bethisrael-pdx.org/worship/watch-services-live/
Bat Mtizvah of Madeline Kuruvilla and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, January 11
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via livestream: https://www.bethisrael-pdx.org/worship/watch-services-live/
Date Night
Saturday, January 11
5:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Sherman Education Building
RSVP link forthcoming ;for students in kindergaren through fifth grade
CBI Religious School
Sunday, January 12
9:30 AM – 12:15 AM (Elementary and Middle School)
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (High School)
In Person ONLY
CBI Campus
Rolling admission at: https://bethisraelpdx.shulcloud.com/form/religiousschool5785
Mensch! A User’s Guide
a Six Part Class from Rabbi Shelton Donnell
Sunday, January 12, 10:00 AM
Online ONLY
Click to Register
Write On! Gathering
From Write On!: a CBI Circle
Monday, January 13, 1:30 PM
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Mahjong
Friday, January 17
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Shabbat Service
Friday, January 17
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via livestream: https://www.bethisrael-pdx.org/worship/watch-services-live/
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, January 18
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
CBI Religious School
and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
Sunday, January 19
9:30 AM – 12:15 AM (Elementary and Middle School)
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (High School)
In Person ONLY
CBI Campus
Rolling admission at: https://bethisraelpdx.shulcloud.com/form/religiousschool5785
Mensch! A User’s Guide
a Six Part Class from Rabbi Shelton Donnell
Sunday, January 19, 10:00 AM
Online ONLY
Click to Register
CBI Main Office Closed
Monday, January 20
For Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood January Membership Schmooze
Wednesday, January 22, 6:30 PM
In-Person ONLY
Private Home; RSVP for address
Mahjong
Friday, January 24
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
CBI Religious School
Sunday, January 26
9:30 AM – 12:15 AM (Elementary and Middle School)
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (High School)
In Person ONLY
CBI Campus
Rolling admission at: https://bethisraelpdx.shulcloud.com/form/religiousschool5785
Seventh Grade Tour of Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Sunday, January 26
9:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (724 NW Davis Street)
Mensch! A User’s Guide
a Six Part Class from Rabbi Shelton Donnell
Sunday, January 26, 10:00 AM
Online ONLY
Click to Register
SHIR Joy: Trauma, Memory, and Art
Sunday, January 26
Time TBD
In Person ONLY
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (724 NW Davis Street)
This program is part of SHIR Joy!, our yearlong celebration of Cantor Ida Rae Cahana in her retirement year.
Mahjong
Friday, January 31
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
SHIR Joy: Shabbat Evening Service with Cantor Evan Kent
Friday, January 31
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via livestream: https://www.bethisrael-pdx.org/worship/watch-services-live/
This program is part of SHIR Joy!, our yearlong celebration of Cantor Ida Rae Cahana in her retirement year.
SHIR Joy: Shards
A performance with Evan Kent
Saturday, February 1
Time TBD
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via livestream: https://www.bethisrael-pdx.org/worship/watch-services-live/
This program is part of SHIR Joy!, our yearlong celebration of Cantor Ida Rae Cahana in her retirement year.
CBI Religious School
with Cantor Evan Kent
Sunday, February 2
9:30 AM – 12:15 AM (Elementary and Middle School)
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (High School)
In Person ONLY
CBI Campus
Rolling admission at: https://bethisraelpdx.shulcloud.com/form/religiousschool5785
CBI Book Club: All the Broken Places by John Boyne
Sunday, February 2
10:00 AM
In Person and Online
Mirabella (3550 S Bond Ave)
Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83962733008?pwd=TXM5c29GRTlpYkxjTiswV1JqcFF1Zz09
Password is: bookclub
Mensch! A User’s Guide
a Six Part Class from Rabbi Shelton Donnell
Sunday, February 2, 10:00 AM
Online ONLY
Click to Register
Social Action Committee Meeting
Wednesday, February 5
3:00 PM
Online ONLY
Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87452970221
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Mahjong Meetup
Wednesday, February 6
6:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Mensch! A User’s Guide
a Six Part Class from Rabbi Shelton Donnell
Sunday, February 9, 10:00 AM
Online ONLY
Click to Register
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