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Welcome

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.

Weekly Shabbat Services

Schedule

Kabbalat Shabbat
Fridays, 6:00 PM
In-Person and Online
Pollin Chapel (unless otherwise indicated)

Shabbat Morning Services
Saturdays, 10:30 AM
In-Person and Online
Pollin Chapel (unless otherwise indicated)

Resources

Kaddish List
Download a copy of the Mourner’s Kaddish (in Hebrew, transliterated, and translated)
Closed captioning is available via our YouTube channel, where you may also watch services live. Click here to do so.

Study

Torah Study
Saturdays, 9:00 AM

Online ONLY unless otherwise indicated in the CBI newsletters.

Click for more on Torah study at CBI, including instructor bios.

March

Shevat/Adar 5785

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
Click to RSVP

Senior Social Hour
From Stages and Sages: a CBI Circle
Thursday, March 27
4:30 PM
Elephant’s Delicatessen (115 NW 22nd Ave)

Mahjong
Friday, March 28
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room

Splash Into Spring
From Kayak Companions: a CBI Circle
Friday, March 28
Time and Location TBD
Click to RSVP

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

No CBI Religious School
Sunday, March 30

The Syrian Bride
presented by CBI’s Adult Education Committee
Sunday, March 30
2:00 PM
Goodman Hall

April

Adar/Nisan 5785

Omek l’Chodesh
Tuesday, April 1
6:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room

Social Action Committee Meeting
Wednesday, April 2
3:00 PM
Online ONLY

WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Mahjong Meetup
Wednesday, April 2
6:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room

Healing Service
With Cantor Ida Rae Cahana and Cantor Rayna Green
Wednesday, April 2
7:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel

Mahjong
Friday, April 5
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room

Tot Shabbat
Saturday, April 5
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel

Sixth Grade Torah Trek
Saturday, April 5
10:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Details to follow

Date Night
for students in kindergarten through fifth grade
Saturday, April 5
5:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Sherman Education Building
$18/student; click to register

CBI Religious School
Sunday, April 6
9:30 AM – 12:15 AM (Elementary and Middle School)
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (High School)
In Person ONLY
CBI Campus

Passover Fair
for third through fifth grade students
Sunday, April 6
9:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Blumauer Auditorium

CBI Book Club
Sunday, April 6
10:00 AM
In Person and Online
Mirabella (3550 S Bond Avenue)
Join via Zoom

Musical Haggadah Performance
Sunday, April 6
11:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Main Sanctuary

Pre-K Open House
for Mini Mensch Families
Sunday, April 6
10:15 AM
In Person ONLY
Pre-K Room

Women’s Seder
Sunday, April 6
5:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
$36/person; click to register

Community Seder
Presented by Jewish Family and Child Service and WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood
Wednesday, April 9
Volunteer Shifts start at 9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall

For invited JFCS clients; sign up to volunteer

WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Board Meeting
and Organ Donation Conversation
6:00 PM Schmooze
6:30 PM Meeting and Program
Thursday, April 10
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room

Mahjong
Friday, April 11
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room

Oneg! Shabbat
Friday, April 11
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via Livestream

Passover Begins at Sunset
Saturday, April 12

No CBI Religious School
Sunday, April 13

Writer’s Meetup
From Write On!: a CBI Circle
Monday, April 14
1:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP

Artist Studio Visit
from Culture Nerds: a CBI Circle
Thursday, April 17
2:00 PM
The Studio of Sara Harwin (RSVP for address)
Click to RSVP

Young Adult Seder
Thursday, April 17
7:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Blumauer Auditorium
$18/person; Click to RSVP

Mahjong
Friday, April 18
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room

Passover Shabbat Services and Conversation
Friday, April 18
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Pollin Chapel
Join via Livestream

Festival and Yizkor Shabbat Morning Services
Saturday, April 19
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Pollin Chapel
Join via Livestream

SHIR Joy!
A Night of Song and Celebration of Cantor Ida Rae Cahana
Saturday, April 19
7:30 PM Concert; After Party to follow
In Person ONLY
Main Sanctuary
21+, $118/person
Click to purchase tickets

No CBI Religious School
Sunday, April 20

Touch Drawing
From Drawing from Your Soul: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, April 22
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP

Mahjong
Friday, April 25
10:00AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room

Shabbat Morning Service
and Bat Mitzvah of Victoria Meek
Saturday, April 26
9:00AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via Livestream

Havdalah Bar Mitzvah of Oliver Galler
Saturday, April 26
5:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via Livestream

Mitzvah Day
and CBI Religious School
Sunday, April 27
9:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Project Details and Locations to follow

Red Cross Blood Drive
Sunday, April 27
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Click to sign up

Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education Tour
for CBI High School Students
Sunday, April 27
11:00AM
In Person ONLY
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (724 NW Davis Street)

Connect with Keshet Kin
From Keshet Kin: a CBI Circle
Wednesday, April 30
7:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP

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

Looking Ahead

May events coming soon!

Congregation Beth Israel records and archives all our Zoom events, services, and meetings. Additionally, we share those of broader interest to the community on our YouTube channel. The image, comments, and usernames of our participants may therefore be publicly visible. Those who wish to may participate with their cameras off or usernames adjusted for privacy. Please reach out to the CBI Main Office at (503) 222-1069 if you need help connecting or have questions about our programming.