About

Our Campus

Centrally located in eclectic Northwest Portland, our campus reflects the Congregation's commitment to Jewish learning, worship and community.

Two small chapels provide intimate settings for interactive religious gatherings, while the architecturally renowned Temple (completed in 1928) lends grace and formality to services on High Holy Days, Festivals and other occasions.

Opposite the historic Temple, the Sherman Education Center houses the Congregation's excellent Preschool and Religious School. The center spans 20 classrooms, the cozy Amy R. Goldsmith Library, Shemanski Chapel, Blumauer Auditorium, Miller Room and art room where over 500 students study and worship each year. The newly remodeled WRJ/BIS Judaica Gift Shop is located next to the Education offices in the Sherman Education Center.

The Schnitzer Family Center, located just across Flanders Street, was built in 1993 to meet the growing needs of the Congregation. The distinctive red brick structure features the beautifully designed Pollin Chapel, Lipman Foyer, Goodman Reception Hall, Robert P. Weil Administrative Offices and the Shirley & Herbert Semler Board Room.

The Congregation also provides a beautifully maintained cemetery with ground burial and four mausoleums for vault entombment and niches for urns. The Landau Chapel at the cemetery is available for funeral services. Beth Israel Cemetery is located in nearby Southwest Portland at 426 SW Taylors Ferry Road.

A map to our campus is available here

OPB TV Series and Local Sacred Spaces Tours Explore History Of Religion in the United States

In conjunction with the premiere of GOD IN AMERICA on OPB TV last October, our historic sanctuary was selected as one of a few sacred spaces in Portland to be included in a special tour of architecturally and historically significant sacred spaces.  

Please visit the Sacred Spaces International website to learn about this program and the other sites highlighted in our community.