Help officially welcome the Levits – a Ukrainian family that the Neveh Shalom Welcome Circle helped relocate to Portland – during this special Kabbalat Shabbat service with enhanced, cookie-plated oneg to follow. While registration is not required for this Shabbat service, it helps us out a lot with service location and food needs. Thank you! Click here to RSVP
Wednesday, April 5, Time: 7:00am as part of Morning Minyan Zidell Chapel and on Zoom On the morning of the Pesach seder, firstborn children are required to fast in commemoration of the firstborn Egyptians who lost their lives during the tenth plague. Our fasting beautifully demonstrates our compassion even for our enemies. That said, we have another tradition to mark when we complete a book of Jewish learning with a celebratory meal. This “siyyum” overrides the ... Read More
First Wednesdays, 7:00pm The CNS Sisterhood would like to invite all women and those who identify as women to participate in their Interfaith Group. This group brings CNS members together with women of other faiths to learn, grow, and create opportunities to develop friendships. CNS Sisterhood Interfaith group meets every month on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm. To register, please contact Michelle Imori-Goldenberg smallfryeterp@icloud.com.
Saturday, April 8th at 5:00 PM Hosted at Congregation Beth Israel Early Bird: $18/person* Regular: $25/person* Join us for a festive meal and raise a glass (or four) with your fellow Portland Area Jews in their 20s and 30s. We’ll be telling the Exodus story with the tunes and traditions you remember while reinventing the Seder plate and introducing new traditions and ideas for the current times. The RSVP deadline is fast approaching, so If ... Read More
2nd Fridays, 7:15-8:00pm, Room 102 Please join us for an alternative to the main Kabbalat Shabbat service: a lay-led, voices-only Erev Shabbat Service. All ages and stages are welcome - open to the community. Questions? Please contact Naomi Leavitt: naomileavitt@gmail.com.
First Saturday, 1:00-2:00pm All youth aged 7-17 are invited to join the new CNS Jewish Chess Club. $10 per student per monthly lesson to cover the training cost. Come play with friends and enjoy instruction. For those who already play and those just beginning. Click here to register. We are looking for the community to donate chessboards that you may not be using anymore. You can drop them off at the office.
Sunday, Nov 13, Feb 12, or Apr 16 (you choose one date), 2:00-4:00pm In my years working in the rabbinate, I have observed how some, but not all, families instinctually prepare in advance for an inevitable loss by engaging in open conversations about values, love, and even regrets. These profound talks positively enrich a family. This year, I will be offering three stand-alone opportunities for you and your loved ones to gather and do this work ... Read More
Sunday, April 16, 5:00-8:00pm REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED AS WE HAVE REACHED MAX CAPACITY FOR THIS EVENT. People of all ages and walks of life are encouraged to join us for our festive Mimouna - a unique and joyous celebration of the conclusion of Pesach with festive crafts, Moroccan desserts, music, dance, and henna. As it is said customarily at the Mimouna, "Terbah!”, as is said in Moroccan Arabic - or “Tirbaḥu vetis'adu" - we wish you success ... Read More
Monday, April 17, 7:00pm, At Neveh Shalom The Yom HaShoah candle lighting ceremony takes place at 7pm on April 17 at Congregation Neveh Shalom. It is presented in partnership with Congregation Neveh Shalom, Oregon Board of Rabbis, and Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education. Portland Chamber Music will be performing. Yom HaShoah is the day set aside in the Jewish calendar to remember those six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust and to ... Read More
Join Yossi Klein Halevi to discuss the new Israeli government and the implications for Israel’s future and its democracy. Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. Together with Imam Abdullah Antepli of Duke University and Maital Friedman, he co-directs the Institute's Muslim Leadership Initiative (MLI), which teaches emerging young Muslim American leaders about Judaism, Jewish identity, and Israel. Halevi’s 2013 book, Like Dreamers, won the Jewish Book Council's Everett Book ... Read More
Wise Women is a friendly group that provides an opportunity for women to come together, socialize, and empower one another in a casual environment. Meetings are monthly, typically on the 3rd Thursday from 12-1pm at CNS with some exceptions. Please check our e-blast for upcoming gathering locations. Open to all ages and stages, this is a great chance to foster friendship within our kehillah.
2:00-4:00pm in Room 102 at Neveh Shalom Help create traditional burial clothing which will then be used by the Chevra Kavod haMet for their work. Contact Sandy Axel: sandyaxel@msn.com.
Please join us for Yom haZikaron as we commemorate Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror. Organized by CNS, PDX Hillel, and Keruv Levavot.
4th Friday of every month, 5:15pm, Offsite Rabbi Eve Posen leads this interactive home service that welcomes Shabbat through song and stories for families with children 0-10. Click here to RSVP and receive location details.
April 30, 2023 5:15 pm Dinner location TBD based on response. Join Sisterhood members for a pre-Noa Concert Dinner in Beaverton. The concert will begin at 7:00 PM RSVP to Michelle Iimori-Goldenberg- smallfryeterp@icloud.com. Jewish Federation of Greater Portland & Congregation Beth Israel Present Celebrating Israel At 75 A PERFORMANCE BY ISRAELI SUPERSTAR NOA with Grammy Winning Pianist Rustan Sirota April 30, 2023 - 7:00 PM Patricia Reser Center for the Arts Pre-sale tickets available at January9, 10:00 AM ... Read More
First Wednesdays, 7:00pm The CNS Sisterhood would like to invite all women and those who identify as women to participate in their Interfaith Group. This group brings CNS members together with women of other faiths to learn, grow, and create opportunities to develop friendships. CNS Sisterhood Interfaith group meets every month on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm. To register, please contact Michelle Imori-Goldenberg smallfryeterp@icloud.com.
First Saturday, 12:30-1:30pm (Note earlier start time) All youth aged 7-17 are invited to join the new CNS Jewish Chess Club, taught by Jonathan Pulvers who has 20 years of expertise in teaching chess, contract bridge, and political science. Jonathan will be leading a class once a month, on the first Saturdays of the month, after kiddush lunch (all are welcome to join in lunch beforehand). $10 per student per monthly lesson to cover the ... Read More
