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
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
Sign up to volunteer
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
Chanukah Seventh Candle
Tuesday, December 31
CBI Main Office Closed
Wednesday, January 1
Chanukah Eighth Candle
Wednesday, January 1
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
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)
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
6:30 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
Bat Mitzvah of Madeline Kuruvilla and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, January 11
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Date Night
Saturday, January 11
5:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Sherman Education Building
RSVP link forthcoming; for students in kindergarten 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
Religious School New Member Brunch
Sunday, January 12
9:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Blumaur Balcony
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
Mussar Meeting
from Va’ad Mussar: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, January 14, 10:30 AM
In-Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Mahjong
Friday, January 17
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Shabbat Service
with Congressman Bennie Thompson
Friday, January 17
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, January 18
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
NO CBI Religious School
Sunday, January 19
Mensch! A User’s Guide
a Six Part Class from Rabbi Shelton Donnell
Sunday, January 19, 10:00 AM
Online ONLY
Click to Register
Congressman Bennie Thompson, Mississippi Second District
CBI Main Office Closed
Monday, January 20
For Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
Monday, January 20
Projects include cleaning up Irving Park with SOLVE (click to sign up) and making sack lunches for Transitions Projects here on the CBI Campus.
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
Fourth Grade Journey Though the Prayer Book
Sunday, January 26
10:15 AM
In Person ONLY
Blumaur Auditorium
Mensch! A User’s Guide
a Six Part Class from Rabbi Shelton Donnell
Sunday, January 26, 10:00 AM
Online ONLY
Click to Register
Opening Reception for Immortality, Memory, Creativity, and Survival: The Arts of Alice Lok Cahana, Ronnie Cahana, and Kitra Cahana
Sunday, January 26 (exhibit runs through May 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. These programs are made possible through the support of our sponsors, led by Presenting Sponsor Marcy Tonkin.
Inaugural Touch Drawing Meetup
From Drawing from Your Soul: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, January 28, 12:00 PM
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
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
This program is part of SHIR Joy!, our yearlong celebration of Cantor Ida Rae Cahana in her retirement year. These programs are made possible through the support of our sponsors, led by Presenting Sponsor Marcy Tonkin.
Alice Lok Cahana, Triptych: right panel, 1984, Collection Ronnie and Michael Cahana
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, February 1
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
SHIR Joy: Shards
A performance with Evan Kent
Saturday, February 1
Time and Location TBD
This program is part of SHIR Joy!, our yearlong celebration of Cantor Ida Rae Cahana in her retirement year. These programs are made possible through the support of our sponsors, led by Presenting Sponsor Marcy Tonkin.
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
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)
This program is part of SHIR Joy!, our yearlong celebration of Cantor Ida Rae Cahana in her retirement year. These programs are made possible through the support of our sponsors, led by Presenting Sponsor Marcy Tonkin.
Mensch! A User’s Guide
a Six Part Class from Rabbi Shelton Donnell
Sunday, February 2, 10:00 AM
Online ONLY
Click to Register
SHIR Joy: Conversation Hour with Cantor Evan Kent
Sunday, February 2
Time TBD
Location TBD
This program is part of SHIR Joy!, our yearlong celebration of Cantor Ida Rae Cahana in her retirement year. These programs are made possible through the support of our sponsors, led by Presenting Sponsor Marcy Tonkin.
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
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.
Email chelsea@bethisrael-pdx.org for more information
Social Action Committee Meeting
Wednesday, February 5
3:00 PM
Online Only
Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87452970221
Sisterhood Mahjong Meetup
Wednesday, February 5
6:30 PM
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Healing Service
Wednesday, February 5
7:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Mahjong
Friday, February 7
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Sixth Grade Shabbatini
Saturday, February 8
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Pollin Chapel
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
Rolling admission at: https://bethisraelpdx.shulcloud.com/form/religiousschool5785
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
Email Natalie@bethsirael-pdx.org to register
B’nei Mitzvah Date Selection Meeting
For Parts of Third Grade Religious School Students
Sunday, February 9
10:15 AM
In Person ONLY
Main Sanctuary
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
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, February 15
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Omek Tree Planting
Saturday, February 15
3:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Location TBD
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
No CBI Religious School
Sunday, February 16
Mahjong
Friday, February 21
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Oneg! Shabbat Service
Friday, February 21
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
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
Rolling admission at: https://bethisraelpdx.shulcloud.com/form/religiousschool5785
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
Mahjong
Friday, February 28
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
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
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
Mirabella (2550 S Bond Avenue)
Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83962733008?pwd=TXM5c29GRTlpYkxjTiswV1JqcFF1Zz09
Password is: bookclub
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