1972 NW Flanders Street, Portland, Oregon 97209 | (503) 222-1069
1972 NW Flanders Street, Portland, Oregon 97209 | (503) 222-1069
The CBI community looks forward to welcoming 5785 with you with opportunities for worship, learning, and connection for all ages. As the holidays approach, this page will ALWAYS have the most up today information on
Kever Avot Service
Sunday, October 6, 10:30 AM
In-Person ONLY
Landau Chapel (426 SW Taylors Ferry Road)
Kol Nidre Tot Service
Friday, October 11, 4:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Main Sanctuary
Traditional Kol Nidre Service
Friday, October 11, 7:00 PM
In-Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Traditional Yom Kippur Service
Saturday, October 12, 10:00 AM
In-Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Families with Young Children Yom Kippur Service
For families with children in third grade and younger
Saturday, October 12, 10:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Upper Elementary Yom Kippur Service
Saturday, October 12, 10:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Teen Yom Kippur Service
Saturday, October 12, 10:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Shemanski Chapel
Sermon Talk Back
Saturday, October 12, Immediately following our Traditional Yom Kippur Service
In-Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
“Who by fire, who by water…
a tough, tough High Holy Day prayer”
Yom Kippur Teaching with Rabbi Sam Joseph
Saturday, October 12, 2:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Music and Meditation
With Michael Barnes and Irving Levin
Saturday, October 12, 2:00 PM
In-Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Afternoon, Yizkor, and Neilah Services
Saturday, October 12, 3:00 PM
In-Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Our Afternoon, Yizkor, and Neilah Services flow one into the next, beginning at 3:00 PM.
Omek Break Fast
For young adults in their 20s and 30s
6:30 PM
In-Person ONLY
Leikam Brewery (5812 SE Burnside)
The Congregation Beth Israel clergy and community welcome you to spend the High Holidays with us, and hopes that your time with us marks an inspiring start to the coming year. Our clergy and staff have prepared opportunities to connect, worship, and study as we enter 5784 together.
Please take a moment to register as a guest with us.
While here is no registration charge, and financial circumstances are never a barrier to full participation in Jewish life at CBI, for the High Holidays, it is customary for guests to make a donation in appreciation of their host congregation. A $180 contribution is suggested, but we welcome whatever is appropriate to your circumstances.
On Yom Kippur, we recite the Yizkor (Memorial) Prayers, and our minds and hearts turn to the sacred memory of departed loved ones. To render these moments more intimate and meaningful, it is Congregation Beth Israel’s longstanding custom to distribute our Book of Remembrance, in which we list the names of our deceased. This book includes prayers and meditations selected by our clergy and a special page memorializing those members of our congregational family who have died since last Yom Kippur.
We also list the names and remembrances of those who choose to donate to CBI in honor of their departed loved ones. If your household wishes to include your loved ones in this listing, please click here to make your entry. The deadline to do so is Friday, September 20. If you wish to reference last year’s Book of Remembrance, you may click here to do so.
Congregation Beth Israel’s 5785 Book of Remembrance will be made available at Yizkor Service on Yom Kippur, Saturday, October 12. During this service, it will be shared on screen, accessible on your personal devices via QR code, and available as a hard copy.
CBI members in good standing who will not be in Portland during the High Holidays are welcome to request reciprocal seating at URJ Congregations throughout the United States and Canada.
For your convenience, the URJ has prepared an online form to facilitate such requests (as space and policy allows at your destination congregation); additionally we invite congregants who would like support in this process to reach out to Communications Director Tracy Manaster Alifanz.
Erev Rosh Hashanah Tot Service
Wednesday, October 2, 4:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Main Sanctuary
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services
Wednesday, October 2, 7:00 PM
In-Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Click to read Rabbi Michael Z. Cahana’s Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon, Rosh Hashana Eve 5785 – Finding Hope in Difficult Times
Traditional Rosh Hashanah Services
Thursday, October 3, 10:00 AM
In-Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Click to read Cantor Ida Rae Cahana’s Rosh Hashanah Sermon, Saying L’Chayim! In the Face of Change
Upper Elementary Rosh Hashanah Services
For students in fourth through seventh grade; parents welcome, but not obligated to attend
Thursday, October 3, 10:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Teen Rosh Hashanah Services
For students in eighth through twelfth grade only
Thursday, October 3, 10:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Shemanski Chapel
Families with Young Children Rosh Hashanah Services
For families with children in third grade and younger
Thursday, October 3, 11:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Rosh Hashanah Sweets Reception
Sponsored by WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood
Thursday, October 3, 12:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
CBI Plaza
Tashlich
Thursday, October 3, 4:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Multiple Portland Locations
Omek Tashlich
For young adults in their 20s and 30s
Thursday, October 3, 6:30 PM
In-Person ONLY
Location TBD
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