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
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
Pollin Chapel (Note New Location!)
No Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, February 22
We will post a Shabbat Morning Message, including this week’s Kaddish list, here.
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 Mitzvah Parent Chat
From B’nei Mitzvah Parent Chat: a CBI Circle
Sunday, February 23
9:30 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 by February 19
Ask Me Anything with Rabbi Cahana
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
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: Sapiens by Yuvan Noah Harari
Sunday, March 2
10:00 AM
In Person and Online
Mirabella (2550 S Bond Avenue)
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)
Click to RSVP
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.
Social Action Committee Meeting
Wednesday, March 5
3:00 PM
Online ONLY
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Mahjong Meetup
Wednesday, March 5
6:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Sisterhood Meetup
Monday, March 10
10:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Hostel Café (1810 NW Glisan)
Plant Propagation; Making More
From Deep Roots and Green Shoots: a CBI Circle
Thursday, March 6
1:00 PM
Private Home
Click to RSVP
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
Community Challah Bake
and Shabbat Morning Experience
Saturday, March 8
10:30 AM
In Person Only
Goodman Hall
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
SPACE (Supportive Parents for Anxious Emotions) Program
For preschool parents across the community
Monday, March 10, 7:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
The Jennifer Barnum Luria Early Childhood Center (482 NW 20th Ave)
Registration Required
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
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
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
Amazing, Exciting, Off-Campus Purim Adventure
for CBI Religious School
Sunday, March 16
Parents, keep an eye out for details in upcoming editions of our Parent Nus newsletter; if you don’t have students enrolled in our Religious School program and want to know more, please reach out to us.
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
Click to RSVP
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
No CBI Religious School
Sunday, March 30
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, 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
More April events coming soon!
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