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Welcome

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.

Weekly Shabbat Services

Schedule

Kabbalat Shabbat
Fridays, 6:00 PM
In-Person and Online
Pollin Chapel (unless otherwise indicated)

Shabbat Morning Services
Saturdays, 10:30 AM
In-Person and Online
Pollin Chapel (unless otherwise indicated)

Resources

Kaddish List
Download a copy of the Mourner’s Kaddish (in Hebrew, transliterated, and translated)
Closed captioning is available via our YouTube channel, where you may also watch services live. Click here to do so.

Study

Torah Study
Saturdays, 9:00 AM

Online ONLY unless otherwise indicated in the CBI newsletters.

Click for more on Torah study at CBI, including instructor bios.

June (Sivan/Tamuz 5785)

Farewell Shabbat
Friday, June 27
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary

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 4

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

July (Tamuz/Av 5785)

Shabbat Morning Service
Ben Sandler Chants Torah
Saturday, July 5
10:30 AM
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 joining via Zoom; our password is bookclub

Meditation Hour
From Tranquility Tribe: a CBI Circle
Monday, July 7
3:00 PM
In Person ONLY

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

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

Meditation Hour
From Tranquility Tribe: a CBI Circle
Monday, July 14
3:00 PM
In Person ONLY

A Tale of Two Chapels
From Culture Nerds: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, July 15
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Pollin Chapel and Shemansky Chapel

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

Connect with Keshet Kin
From Keshet Kin: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, July 15
7:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Click to RSVP

Cannon Beach Day Trip
From Stages and Sages: a CBI Circle and Jewish Family and Child Service
Thursday, July 17
9:00 AM-5:00 PM
Meet at Congregation Neveh Shalom (2900 SW Peaceful Lane)
Space is limited; click to RSVP

Sorting Donations for Project Lemonade
From Tikkun Olam Together: a CBI Circle
Thursday, July 17
1:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Project Lemonade (1008 Lloyd Center)
5-10 people needed.
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

Tot Shabbat
Saturday, July 19
9:00 AM
In-Person ONLY
Gabriel Park

Bar Mitzvah of Maxfield Winer
and Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, July 19
10:30 AM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary

Portland Pride Parade
Sunday, July 20
Details coming soon!

“Easy Like Sunday Tastings”
From Parashat Pinotage: a CBI Circle
Sunday, July 20, 1:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
J.K Carriere Wines
(9995 Ne Parrett Mtn. Road, Newberg)
$10 Tasting Fee; Click to RSVP

Writers’ Meetup
From Write On!: a CBI Circle
Monday, July 21 (note date change!)
1:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP

Touch Drawing
From Drawing from Your Soul: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, July 22
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP

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)
$20; Click to RSVP

Mahjong
Friday, July 25
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room

Spotlight Shabbat
with Alex Cutschall
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

Meditation Hour
From Tranquility Tribe: a CBI Circle
Monday, July 28
3:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Click to RSVP

Birthday Card Making Bash
From From My Heart to Yours: a CBI Circle
Sunday, July 27
1:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Terwilliger Plaza (2545 SW Terwilliger Blvd)
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

From Genesis to Lombardy: a Sanctuary Art Tour
From Culture Nerds: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, July 29
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Main Sanctuary
Click to RSVP

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

Looking Ahead

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
3:00 PM
Online ONLY
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87452970221

Mahjong
Friday, August 8
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room

Shabbat on the Plaza
Friday, August 8
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
CBI Plaza
Join via our livestream

Writers’ Meetup
From Write On!: a CBI Circle
Monday, August 11
12:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP

Knit-a-Mitzvah
Wednesday, August 13
10:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Hebert Semler Board Room

Mahjong
Friday, August 15
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room

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.