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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

Study

Torah Study
Saturdays, 9:00 AM

  • Online ONLY unless otherwise indicated in the CBI newsletters.

January

Kislev/Tevet 5785

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service – Donation Sorting for Rose Haven Day Shelter and Community Center 
Friday, January 17 (please note date)
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM 
In Person ONLY
Rose Haven Day Shelter and Community Center (1740 NW Glisan St)
At capacity; email for waitlist

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 – SOLVE Oregon Community Cleanup
Monday, January 20
10:00 AM- 12:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Irving Park (707 NE Fremont St)
Click here to sign up

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service – Sack Lunches for Transitions Projects
Sponsored by CBI Brotherhood
Monday, January 20
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall

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

Community Havdalah at Rose Schnitzer Manor
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Event
Saturday, January 25
Sponsored by Jewish Women’s Roundtable


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)

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

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,  10:00 AM
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP

Culture Nerds: Schnitzer Gallery Tour
From Culture Nerds: a CBI Circle
Wednesday, January 29,  2:00 PM
The Schnitzer Collection (3033 NW Yeon Avenue)
Click to RSVP

Keshet Kin Inaugural Meeting
From Keshet Kin: a CBI Circle
Wednesday, January 29,  7:00  PM
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP

Alice Lok Cahana, Triptych: right panel, 1984, Collection Ronnie and Michael Cahana

Chocolate Extravaganza
from Stages and Sages: 
a CBI Circle
Thursday, January 30
2:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Advance Registration Required by January 27 

 

Voices from Israel: Dinner and Conversation with Cantor Evan Kent
Thursday, January 30
6:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall

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.

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
Pollin Chapel

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.

Tot Shabbat
Saturday, February 1
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel

Shabbat Morning Experience
with Cantor Evan Kent

Saturday, February 1
10:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel

SHIR Joy: Shards
A performance with Evan Kent
Saturday, February 1
7:00 PM

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

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

Sisterhood Shabbat
Friday, February 7, 6:00 PM
In-Person and Online
Pollin Chapel

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

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.