1972 NW Flanders Street, Portland, Oregon 97209 | 503-222-1069
1972 NW Flanders Street, Portland, Oregon 97209 | 503-222-1069
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.
Torah Study
Saturdays, 9:00 AM
Faiths through Time
From Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, May 20
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Mahjong
Friday, May 23
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
B’nei Mitzvah of Payton Pillsbury and Leo Pillsbury
and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, May 24
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
CBI Ascends!
From Ruach Rock Climbers: a CBI Circle
From Ruach Rock Climbers: a CBI Circle
Sunday, May 25
10:00 AM
The Circuit Bouldering Gym (6050 S Macadam Ave)
CBI Main Office Closed
for Memorial Day
Monday, May 26
Touch Drawing
From Drawing from Your Soul: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, May 27
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Faiths through Time
From Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, May 27
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
167th Annual Meeting
Wednesday, May 28
7:00 PM
Online ONLY
Register for Zoom Link
Donation Sorting at Rose Haven
From Tikkun Olam Together: a CBI Circle
Thursday, May 29
4:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Rose Haven Day Shelter and Community Center ( 1740 NW Glisan)
Senior Social Hour
From Stages and Sages: a CBI Circle
Thursday, May 29
4:30 PM
In Person ONLY
McMenamins Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd)
Mahjong
Friday, May 30
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Shavuot Storytelling Shabbat
Friday, May 30
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Pollin Chapel
Bar Mitzvah of Andrew Cox
and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, May 31
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Havdallah Adult B’nei Mitzvah
Saturday, May 31
5:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
CBI Book Club
The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America by Christopher C. Gorham
Sunday, June 1
10:00 AM
In Person and Online
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
For those joining us via Zoom, the password is: bookclub
CBI Main Office Closed
for Shavuot
Monday, June 2
Faiths through Time
From Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, June 3
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Social Action Committee Meeting
Wednesday, June 4
3:00 PM
Online ONLY
Join via Zoom
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Mahjong Meetup
Wednesday, June 4
6:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Healing Service
Wednesday, June 4
7:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Connect with Keshet Kin
From Keshet Kin: a CBI Circle
Wednesday, June 4
7:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Click to RSVP
Mahjong
Friday, June 6
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Donation Sorting at Rose Haven
From Tikkun Olam Together: a CBI Circle
Friday, June 6
3:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Rose Haven Day Shelter and Community Center ( 1740 NW Glisan)
Click to RSVP
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, June 7
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Writers’ Meetup
From Write On!: a CBI Circle
Monday, June 9
12:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Faiths through Time
From Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, June 10
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Knit-a-Mitzvah
Wednesday, June 11
10:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood Board Meeting
Thursday, June 12
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
6:00 PM Schmooze
6:30 PM Meeting
Mahjong
Friday, June 13
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Havdallah Bat Mitzvah of Amelia Hilburg
Saturday, June 14
5:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Faiths through Time
From Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, June 17
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Cleaning and Organizing at Lift Up
From Tikkun Olam Together: a CBI Circle
Wednesday, June 18
12:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Lift Up (1838 SW Jefferson at First Church-United Methodist Church)
Click to RSVP
CBI Main Office Closed
for Juneteenth
Thursday, June 19
Mahjong
Friday, June 20
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Tot Shabbat
Saturday, June 21
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Bar Mitzvah of Emil Schlansky
and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, June 21
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
CBI Ascends!
From Ruach Rock Climbers: a CBI Circle
Sunday, June 22
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
The Circuit Bouldering Gym (6050 S Macadam Ave)
Click to RSVP
Faiths through Time
From Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, June 24
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Mahjong
Friday, June 27
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Bat Mitzvah of Adeline Phillips-Ring
and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, June 28
10:30 am
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
CBI Main Office Closed
for Schmita (Summer Sabbatical)
Monday, June 30-Friday July 6
Please note that we WILL still hold Shabbat Evening Services, with special guest Cantor Marshall Portnoy, on Friday, July 4, and Shabbat Morning Service on Saturday, July 5
Early Bird Religious School Registration Ends
Monday, June 30
Kabbalat Shabbat Service
with Special Guest Cantor Marshall Portnoy
Friday, July 4
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Pollin Chapel
Join via our livestream
CBI Book Club
The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum by Margalit Fox
Sunday, July 6
10:00 AM
In Person and Online
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Join via Zoom
For those joinging via Zoom; our password is bookclub
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
Faiths through Time
From Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, July 8
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Knit-a-Mitzvah
Wednesday, July 9
10:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Mahjong
Friday, July 11
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Writers’ Meetup
From Write On!: a CBI Circle
Monday, July 14
1:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Faiths through Time
From Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, July 15
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Mahjong
Friday, July 18
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Shabbat on the Plaza
Friday, July 18
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
CBI Plaza
Join via our livestream
Bar Mitzvah of Maxfield Winer
and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, July 19
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via our livestream
Portland Pride Parade
Sunday, July 20
Details coming soon!
Faiths through Time
From Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, July 22
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Brotherhood Hops Game
Tuesday, July 22
6:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Hillsboro Ball Park (4460 NE Century Blvd, Hillsboro)
RSVP details coming soon
Mahjong
Friday, July 25
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Spotlight Shabbat
with Alex Cutchell
Saturday, July 26
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel
Join via our livestream
CBI Ascends!
From Ruach Rock Climbers: a CBI Circle
Sunday, July 27
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
The Circuit Bouldering Gym (6050 S Macadam Ave)
Click to RSVP
Faiths through Time
From Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, July 29
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP
Mahjong
Friday, August 1
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
CBI Book Club
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
Sunday, August 3
10:00 AM
In Person and Online
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83962733008?pwd=TXM5c29GRTlpYkxjTiswV1JqcFF1Zz09;
Password is: bookclub
Social Action Committee Meeting
Wednesday, August 6
3:00P PM
Online ONLY
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87452970221
Shabbat on the Plaza
Friday, August 8
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
CBI Plaza
Join via our livestream
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.
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