Welcome to Congregation Beth Israel
Beneath our dome is a spiritual home, a place of community and friendship, a place to be inspired through prayer, a place for lifelong learning, and a place where every person makes a difference.
High Holidays
on the CBI Campus
Ticketing and Admission Cards
In the interest of a greener 5784, we will not issue paper tickets for guests. Please plan to stop by our welcome table upon your arrival on the CBI campus.
Masks
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.
Purses, Bags, and Personal Items
For the safety and comfort of our community, large backpacks, bags, purses and/or packages ARE NOT ALLOWED on campus during services. Please make an effort to leave such items at home. Should you bring them with you, our greeters may request to inspect these items and ask that you secure them elsewhere
Accessibility
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. Our services are all wheelchair accessible, and large print prayerbooks and copies of clergy sermons are available upon request. Closed captions are available for those who join our services via YouTube (click here for instructions). Please note that the YouTube platform’s captions are automatically generated and that they struggle with the musical and Hebrew portions of our services.
Please let us know if there are other ways in which we can support your full participation
Directions
Congregation Beth Israel is located at 1972 NW Flanders Street, in the heart of Portland’s alphabet district. As parking in this neighborhood is always difficult, we encourage you to consider carpooling, taking public transportation, or using a rideshare app.
Given our location in the heart of downtown Portland, parking near CBI is always difficult.
We invite you to consider carpooling, using a ride-share service, or to take public transportation.
Our neighbors at St. Mary’s Cathedral (1716 NW Davis) have generously made their parking lot available to us for all our Erev Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah, Kol Nidre, and Yom Kippur services; please show our appreciation by using that lot only on those dates and only while attending services.
Kol Nidre
Sunday, September 24
Tot Service
4:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
CBI Plaza (weather permitting; Pollin Chapel otherwise)
A Kol Nidre gathering for our littlest community members
(and their grownups)
Traditional Service
7:00 PM
In-Person and via Livestream
Main Sanctuary
The CBI community gathers for a traditional
Kol Nidre service
Yom Kippur
Monday, September 25
Traditional Service
10:00 AM
In-Person and via
Livestream
Main Sanctuary
Our community’s Yom
Kippur observance begins at 10:00 AM with our traditional morning service
Family Service
10:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Rabbi Rachel Joseph,
Education Director Ben Sandler, and Artist-in-Residence Kim Schneiderman lead a
Yom Kippur Service for families with children third grade and under
Upper Elementary
Service
10:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Students in fourth
through seventh grades are invited to join our Upper Elementary Yom Kippur
Service, led by Cantor Rayna Green and Religious School Music Teacher Jonathan
Meek
Teen Experience
10:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Students in
eighth through twelfth grades gather for their own morning service, then join
the Traditional/Torah Service in the Main Sanctuary at its conclusion
Sermon Talk Back
1:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Discuss their High
Holidays Sermons with the CBI clergy
Music and Meditation
1:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Main Sanctuary
Organ music set the
tone for a contemplative hour in our Main Sanctuary
Judaism and Second
Chances
“Pesach/Passover Sheni (2)”
with Rabbi Sam Joseph
2:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Opportunity for Yom
Kippur study and discussion
Afternoon,
Yizkor, and Ne’ilah
3:00 PM
In-Person and via Livestream
Main Sanctuary
Our Yom Kippur observance
concludes with Afternoon, Yizkor, and Ne’ilah Services, which flow one into the
next, beginning at 3:00 PM. The 5784 Book of Remembrance will be
available at this time, both on screens in the Main Sanctuary, on your personal
devices via a QR code, and—in the interest of a greener new year—in in print in
limited quantities.
A light break-fast of challah and juice will follow the
conclusion of services
