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