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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

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

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

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

2025 Immigration Campaign Launch
From RAC-FL
Tuesday, June 17
4:00 PM
Online ONLY
Click to register

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

Willamette River Paddle
From Kayak Companions: a CBI Circle
Sunday, June 22
10:00 AM
In Person ONLY
Willamette Park and Bernet Landing Boat Ramp (1905 Volpp Street, West Linn)
Click to RSVP

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

Farewell Shabbat
Friday, June 27
6:00 PM
In Person and Online
Pollin Chapel

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

Looking Ahead

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

Sorting Donations for Project Lemonade
From Tikkun Olam Together: a CBI Circle
Thursday, July 17
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

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 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

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
3:00 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.