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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.

July (Tamuz/Av 5785)

Writers’ Meetup
From Write On!: a CBI Circle
Monday, July 21 (note date change!)
12:30 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 and Online
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

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

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

Session Zero
From Tish Top Games: a CBI Circle
Monday, July 28
6:00 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 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

Tour de Tot – Southeast Portland
Saturday, August 2
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Westmoreland Park
(7530 SE 22nd Ave)

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

Faiths Through Time
From Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, August 5
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP

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

Faiths Through Time
From Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, August 12
5:30 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

Culture Nerds Studio Visit
From Culture Nerds: a CBI Circle
Friday, August 14
2:00 PM
In Person ONLY
SW Studio of Norm Eder; RSVP for address: poster@easystreet.net

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

Tour de Tot – West Hills
Saturday, August 16
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Washington Park
(4033 SW Canyon Road)

Mussar Meetup
From V’ad Mussar: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, August 19
10:30 AM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP

Faiths Through Time
From Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, August 19
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP

Shabbat on the Plaza
Friday, August 22
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
CBI Plaza
Join via our livestream

Lilith Salon – “Giving Friendship Its Due”
Saturday, August 23
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Click to register here

CBI Ascends!
From Ruach Rock Climbers: a CBI Circle
Sunday, August 24
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
The Circuit Bouldering Gym (6050 S Macadam Ave)
Click to RSVP

Touch Drawing
From Drawing from Your Soul: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, August 26
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, August 26
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP

CBI Main Office Closed
For Labor Day
Monday, September 1

Faiths Through Time
From Faiths Through Time: a CBI Circle
Tuesday, September 2
5:30 PM
In Person ONLY
Shirley and Herbert Semler Board Room
Click to RSVP

Social Action Committee Meeting
Wednesday, September 3
3:00 PM
Online ONLY
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87452970221

Shabbat on the Plaza
Friday, September 5
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
CBI Plaza
Join via our livestream

Tour de Tot – North Portland
Saturday, September 6
9:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Peninsula Park
(700 N Rosa Parks Way)

Havdallah Bar Mitzvah of Ethan Frankel
Saturday, September 6
5:00 PM
In Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
Join via our livestream

Religious School Opening Day
Sunday, September 7
In Person ONLY
CBI Campus
Click for Rolling Enrollment: https://bethisraelpdx.shulcloud.com/form/5786religiousschool

CBI Book Club
Sunday, September 7
10:00 AM
In Person and Online
Mirabella (3550 S Bond Ave)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83962733008?pwd=TXM5c29GRTlpYkxjTiswV1JqcFF1Zz09;

Password is: bookclub

Sisterhood Fall Membership Event
and Conversation about Reproductive Health Equity
Sunday, September 7
3:00 PM
In Person ONLY
Goodman Hall

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.