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
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
Paddlers’ Planning Meetup
From Kayak Companions: a CBI Circle
Friday, April 18
4:30 PM
In-Person ONLY
Lucky Labrador Brew Pub (915 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
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
Community Yom HaShoah Observance
Wednesday, April 23
6:15 PM
In Person ONLY
Congregation Neveh (2900 SW Peaceful Lane)
Shalom
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
Seeds, Seeds, What to Do With My Seeds?
From Deep Roots and Green Shoots: a CBI Circle
Thursday, April 24
2:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Private Home; RSVP for address
Click to RSVP
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
Click to Sign Up
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)
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
Senior Social Hour
From Stages and Sages: a CBI Circle
Thursday, May 1
4:30 PM
Chart House (5700 SW Terwilliger Blvd)
Mahjong
Friday, May 2
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, May 3
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Bar Mitzvah of George Symms
and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, May 3
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
CBI Religious School
and sixth grade tallit program
and seventh grade introduction to High School
Sunday, May 4
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
James by Percival Everett
Sunday, May 4
10:00 AM
In Person and Online
Mirabella (3550 S Bond Avenue)
For those joining us via Zoom, the password is: bookclub
CBI Ascends!
From Ruach Rock Climbers: a CBI Circle
From Ruach Rock Climbers: a CBI Circle
Sunday, May 4
10:00 AM
The Circuit Bouldering Gym (6050 S Macadam Ave)
May the Fourth Be With You
a SHIR Joy! Event
A SHIR Joy! Event
Sunday, May 4
5:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Omek l’Chodesh
Tuesday, May 6
6:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Omek is a CBI Community for Jews in their 20s and 30s ; Omek 1’Chodesh is our monthly cohort for study and connection.
Social Action Committee Meeting
Wednesday, May 7
3:00 PM
Online ONLY
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Majhong Meetup
Wednesday, May 7
6:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Board Meeting
Thursday, May 8
6:00 PM (Schmooze)
6:30 PM (Meeting)
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Mahjong
Friday, May 9
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Oneg! Shabbat
Friday, May 9
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
As always, a potluck dinner for families with children will follow our Oneg Shabbat Service. No need to RSVP, just bring a (pork-free and shellfish-free) dish and join the fun!
Bat Mitzvah of Mila Wolf
and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, May 10
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Havdallah Bar Mitzvah of Elliott Hoffman
Saturday, May 10
5:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
NO CBI Religious School
Sunday, May 11
Writers’ Meetup
from Write On!: a CBI Circle
Monday, May 12
1:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Donation Sorting at School House Supplies
from Tikkun Olam Together: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, May 13
1:00 PM
In Person ONLY
School House Supplies (4916 NE 122nd Avenue)
CBI Art Tour
from Culture Nerds: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, May 13
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
CBI Campus
Faiths through Time
from Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, May 13
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Knit-a-Mitzvah
Wednesday, May 14
10:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Mahjong
Friday, May 16
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Graduation Shabbat Evening Service
Friday, May 16
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Omek Bonfire
for Lag b’Omer
Friday, May 16
7:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Location TBD
Omek is a CBI Community for Jews in their 20s and 30s
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, May 17
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Bar Mitzvah of John Barr
and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, May 17
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Havdallah Bat Mitzvah of Lindsey Wohlegmuth
Saturday, May 17
5:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Main Sanctuary
Last Day of Religious School
Sunday, May 18
9:30 AM – 12:15 AM (Elementary and Middle School)
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (High School)
In Person ONLY
CBI Campus
Faiths through Time
from Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, May 20
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Membership Schmooze
Wednesday, May 21
6:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Location TBD
RSVP information to follow
Mahjong
Friday, May 23
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
B’not Mitzvah of Payton Pillsbury and Leo Pillsbury
and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, May 24
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
CBI Ascends!
From Ruach Rock Climbers: a CBI Circle
From Ruach Rock Climbers: a CBI Circle
Sunday, May 25
10:00 AM
The Circuit Bouldering Gym (6050 S Macadam Ave)
CBI Main Office Closed
for Memorial Day
Monday, May 26
Touch Drawing
from Drawing from Your Soul: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, May 27
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Faiths through Time
from Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, May 2y
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Donation Sorting at Rose Haven
from Tikkun Olam Together: a CBI Circle
Thursday, May 29
4:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Rose Haven Day Shelter and Community Center ( 1740 NW Glisan)
Mahjong
Friday, May 30
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Shavuot Storytelling Shabbat
Friday, May 30
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Pollin Chapel
Omek Wine and Cheese Tasting
Friday, May 30
7:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Omek is a CBI Community for Jews in their 20s and 30s
Bar Mitzvah of Andrew Cox
and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, May 31
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Havdallah Adult B’nei Mitzvah
Saturday, May 31
5:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
CBI Book Club
The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America by Christopher C. Gorham
Sunday, June 1
10:00 AM
In Person and Online
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
For those joining us via Zoom, the password is: bookclub
CBI Main Office Closed
for Shavuot
Monday, June 2
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
Faiths through Time
from Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, June 3
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Omek l’Chodesh
Tuesday, June 3
6:30 PM
In Person and Online
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Omek is a CBI Community for Jews in their 20s and 30s
Email for more information
Social Action Committee Meeting
Wednesday, June 4
3:00 PM
Online ONLY
Join via Zoom; Meeting ID: 87452970221
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Majhong Meetup
Wednesday, June 4
6:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Healing Service
Wednesday, June 4
7:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Mahjong
Friday, June 6
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Donation Sorting at Rose Haven
from Tikkun Olam Together: a CBI Circle
Friday, June 6
3:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Rose Haven Day Shelter and Community Center ( 1740 NW Glisan)
Click to RSVP
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, June 7
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Writers’ Meetup
from Write On!: a CBI Circle
Monday, June 9
1:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Faiths through Time
from Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, June 10
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Knit-a-Mitzvah
Wednesday, June 11
10:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Board Meeting
Thursday, June 12
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
6:00 PM Schmooze
6:30 PM Meeting
Mahjong
Friday, June 13
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Havdallah Bat Mitzvah of Amerlia Hillburg
Saturday, June 14
5:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Faiths through Time
from Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, June 17
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
CBI Main Office Closed
for Juneteenth
Thursday, June 19
Mahjong
Friday, June 20
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, June 21
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Bar Mitzvah of Emil Schlansky
and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, June 21
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
CBI Ascends!
from Ruach Rock Climbers: a CBI Circle
Sunday, June 22
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
The Circuit Bouldering Gym (6050 S Macadam Ave)
Click to RSVP
Faiths through Time
from Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, June 24
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Mahjong
Friday, June 27
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Bat Mitzvah of Adeline Ring
and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, June 28
10:30 am
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
CBI Main Office Closed
for Schmita (Summer Sabbatical)
Monday, June 30-Friday July 6
Early Bird Religious School Registration Ends
Monday, June 30
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.
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