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
Omek l’Chodesh
Tuesday, February 4
6:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Omek, which means “depth” in Hebrew, is a CBI community for people in their 20s and 30s.
Social Action Committee Meeting
Wednesday, February 5
3:00 PM
Online Only
Sisterhood Mahjong Meetup
Wednesday, February 5
6:30 PM
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Mahjong
Friday, February 7
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Sisterhood Shabbat
Friday, February 7
6:00 PM
In-Person and Online
Pollin Chapel
Sixth Grade Shabbatini and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, February 8
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Pollin Chapel
Red Cross Blood Drive
Sunday, February 9
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
CBI Religious School
Sunday, February 9
9:30 AM – 12:15 AM (Elementary and Middle School)
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (High School)
In Person ONLY
CBI Campus
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education Tour
For Seventh Grade Religious School Students
Sunday, February 9
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, February 9
10:00 AM
Online Only
Click to Register
B’nei Mitzvah Date Selection Meeting
For Parents of Third Grade Religious School Students
Sunday, February 9
10:15 AM
In Person ONLY
Main Sanctuary
Writers’ Meetup
From Write On!: a CBI Circle
Monday, February 10
1:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Knit-a-Mitzvah
Wednesday, February 12
10:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Sisterhood Board Meeting
Thursday, February 13
6:00 PM (Schmooze)
6:30 PM (Meeting)
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Eighth and Ninth Grade Environmental Justice Trip
To San Francisco
Thursday, February 14 – Monday, February 16
Mahjong
Friday, February 14
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Reproductive Rights Shabbat Service
Friday, February 14
6:00 PM
In-Person and Online
Pollin Chapel
Tu b’Shevat Seder and Shabbat Morning Experience
Saturday, February 15
10:30 AM
In-Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel and Goodman Hall
Click to RSVP
Date Night
for students in kindergarten – fifth grade
Saturday, February 15
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel and Goodman Hall
$18/student; click to register
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, February 15
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
No CBI Religious School
Sunday, February 16
Touch Drawing Meetup
From Drawing from Your Soul: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, February 18
10:00 AM
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Senior Social Hour
From Stages and Sages: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, February 18
4:30 PM
Driftwood Room at the Hotel deluxe (729 SW 15th Portland 97205)
Culture Nerds: Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education with Rabbi Michael Z. Cahana
From Culture Nerds: a CBI Circle
Thursday, February 20
11:00 AM
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (724 NW Davis Street)
The Schnitzer Collection (3033 NW Yeon Avenue)
At capacity; click for waitlist
Mahjong
Friday, February 21
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Jewish Disability Awareness Inclusion Month Shabbat
and Oneg! Shabbat Service
Friday, February 21
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Shabbat Morning Service: Lesley Raphael Chants Torah
Saturday, February 22
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Pollin Chapel
CBI Religious School
Sunday, February 23
9:30 AM – 12:15 AM (Elementary and Middle School)
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (High School)
In Person ONLY
CBI Campus
B’nei Mitavah Parent Chat
From B’nei Mitzvah Parent Chat: a CBI Circle
Sunday, February 23
10:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Teen Dinner at the Home of Rabbi Rachel Joseph
Sunday, February 23
6:00 PM
Home of Rabbi Rachel Joseph; RSVP for Address
RSVP details to follow
Ask Me Anything with Rabbi Rachel Joseph
From Newish to Jewish: a CBI Circle
Wednesday, February 26
11:30 AM
In Person and Online
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Sisterhood Hamentaschen Making
Thursday, February 27
6:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Mahjong
Friday, February 28
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Donation Sorting and Support at Rose Haven
From Tikkun Olam Together: a CBI Circle
Friday, February 28
2:30 PM – 4:45 PM
In Person ONLY
Rose Haven Day Shelter and Community Center (1740 NW Glisan)
Click to RSVP
As this Circle has many active projects, please make sure to indicate in which one you plan to participate
Refugee Shabbat
Friday, February 28
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Pollin Chapel
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, March 1
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Bar Mitzvah of Shane Feinberg and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, March 1
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
CBI Religious School
Sunday, March 2
9:30 AM – 12:15 AM (Elementary and Middle School)
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (High School)
In Person ONLY
CBI Campus
CBI Book Club: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuvan Noah Hararh
Sunday, March 2
10:00 AM
In Person and Online
Mirabella (2550 S Bond Avenue)
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
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, March 1
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Bar Mitzvah of Shane Feinberg and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, March 1
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via our livestream at: https://www.bethisrael-pdx.org/worship/watch-services-live/
CBI Religious School
Sunday, March 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: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuvan Noah Hararh
Sunday, March 2
10:00 AM
In Person and Online
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Join via Zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83962733008?pwd=TXM5c29GRTlpYkxjTiswV1JqcFF1Zz09
Password is: bookclub
Hygiene Totes for Dignity Grows
From Tikkun Olam Together: a CBI Circle
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Click to RSVP
Portland Kollel 6682 SW Capital Highway)
RSVP to https://www.jewishportland.org/dignitygrowsmarch-2-2025
Omek l’Chodesh
Tuesday, March 4
6:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Omek, which means “depth” in Hebrew, is a CBI community for people in their 20s and 30s.
Email Chelsea@bethisrael-pdx.org for more information
Social Action Committee Meeting
Wednesday, March 5
3:00 PM
Online ONLY
Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87452970221
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Mahjong Meetup
Wednesday, March 5
6:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Mahjong
Friday, March 7
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Chevra Kadisha and Shabbat Evening Service
Friday, March 7
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Pollin Chapel
Join via our livestream at: https://www.bethisrael-pdx.org/worship/watch-services-live/
Challah Making and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, March 8
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Pollin Chapel
Join via our livestream at: https://www.bethisrael-pdx.org/worship/watch-services-live/
Date Night
for students in kindergarten through fifth grade
Saturday, March 8
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Sherman Education Building
$18/student; RSVP link forthcoming
CBI Religious School
Sunday, March 9
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
Knit-a-Mitzvah
Wednesday, March 12
10:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Little Schpiel of Horrors
A Purim Schpiel
Thursday, March 13
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via our livestream at: https://www.bethisrael-pdx.org/worship/watch-services-live/
Mahjong
Friday, March 14
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Oneg! Shabbat
Friday, March 14
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via our livestream at: https://www.bethisrael-pdx.org/worship/watch-services-live/
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, March 15
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Havdallah Bar Mitzvah of Jax Burso
Saturday, March 15
5:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via our livestream at: https://www.bethisrael-pdx.org/worship/watch-services-live/
CBI Religious School
and Purim Carnival
Sunday, March 16
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
Teen Dinner at the Home of Cantor Green
Sunday, March 16
6:00 PM
In Person ONLY
RSVP for address
RSVP link forthcoming
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Membership Schmooze
Wednesday, March 19
6:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Location to follow
RSVP information to follow
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood
Board Meeting ant Jewish Yoga
Thursday, March 20
6:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Mahjong
Friday, March 21
10:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
The Jennie Open House for Prospective Families
Saturday, March 22
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
In Person ONLY
The Jennifer Barnum Luria Early Childhood Center (428 NW 20th)
No CBI Religious School
Sunday, March 23
Donation Sorting and Support for Transitions Project for Houseless People
From Tikkun Olam Together: a CBI Circle
Sunday, March 23
2:00 PM -4:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Transitions Projects (438 NW Broadway)
Click to RSVP
This opportunity to make a difference is open to volunteers eight and up!
As this Circle has many active projects, please make sure to indicate in which one you plan to participate
Touch Drawing
From Drawing from Your Soul: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, March 25
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
RSVP to: shemaya_toyou@yahoo.com
Senior Social Hour
From Stages and Sages: a CBI Circle
Thursday, March 27
4:30 PM
Location TBD
Mahjong
Friday, March 28
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Bar Mitzvah of Jack Worthy and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, March 29
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via our livestream at: https://www.bethisrael-pdx.org/worship/watch-services-live/
No CBI Religious School
Sunday, March 30
Omek l’Chodesh
Tuesday, April 1
6:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Omek, which means “depth” in Hebrew, is a CBI community for people in their 20s and 30s.
Email Chelsea@bethisrael-pdx.org for more information
Social Action Committee Meeting
Wednesday, April 2
3:00 PM
Online ONLY
Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87452970221
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Mahjong Meetup
Wednesday, April 2
6:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Healing Service
Wednesday, April 2
7:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
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