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Portland Area Funeral Homes

Nearly all of the work of Chevra Kavod haMet is performed at two area funeral homes.

Holmans

River View Cemetery

Holman’s Funeral & Cremation Service
2610 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97214
503-232-5131
www.holmansfuneralservice.com

River View Cemetery Funeral Home
300 SW Taylors Ferry Rd
Portland, Oregon 97219
503-246-4251
www.riverviewcemeteryfuneralhome.com

Portland Area Jewish Resources

In addition to serving the unaffiliated Jewish population of the Portland metropolitan area, Chevra Kavod haMet serves the following organizations and congregations:

Neveh Shalom Neveh Shalom
Affiliation: Conservative. Location: SW Portland.
Clergy: Rabbi David Kosak, Rabbi Eve Posen, Cantor Eyal Bitton, Rabbi Emeritus Daniel Isaak
Website: www.nevehshalom.org
Phone: 503-246-8831
Havurah Shalom Havurah Shalom
Affiliation: Reconstructionist. Location: NW Portland.
Clergy: Rabbi Benjamin Barnett, Rabbi Emeritus Joey Wolf
Website: havurahshalom.org
Phone: 503-248-4662
Beth Israel Congregation Beth Israel
Affiliation: Reform. Location: NW Portland.
Clergy: Rabbi Michael Cahana, Rabbi Rachel Joseph, Cantor Ida Rae Cahana
Website: www.bethisrael-pdx.org
Phone: 503-222-1069
 Shir Tikvah Congregation Shir Tikvah
Affiliation: Independent, Egalitarian. Location: NE Portland
Clergy: Rabbi Ariel Stone
Website: shirtikvahpdx.org
Phone: 503-473-8227
 Shaarie Torah Congregation Shaarie Torah
Affiliation: Conservative. Location: NW Portland.
Clergy: Rabbi Gary Ezra Oren, Cantor Aaron Vitells
Website: shaarietorah.org
Phone: 503-226-6131
 Kol Shalom Kol Shalom
Affiliation: Humanistic. Location: SW Portland.
Website: www.kolshalom.org
Phone: 503-459-4210
 Kol Ami Congregation Kol Ami
Affiliation: Reform. Location: Vancouver.
Clergy: Rabbi Elizabeth Dunsker
Website: jewishvancouverusa.org
Phone: 360-896-8088
 Pnai Or P’nai Or of Portland
Affiliation: Renewal. Location: SW Portland.
Website: www.pnaiorpdx.org
Phone: 503-248-4500
 Beit Haverim Beit Haverim
Affiliation: Reform. Location: Lake Oswego
Clergy: Rabbi Alan Berg
Website: www.beithav.org
Phone: 503-568-1241
 Jewish Federation 2 Jewish Federation of Greater Portland
Website: www.jewishportland.org
Phone: 503-245-6219
 Cedar Sinai Cedar Sinai Park
About:Provides residential and community-based care to elders and adults with special needs, allowing them to live with comfort, independence and dignity in a manner and in an environment based on Jewish values.
Location: SW Portland.
Website: cedarsinaipark.org
Phone: 503-535-4300
 Gesher Gesher: A Bridge Home
About: Serving the unaffiliated Jewish population.
Clergy: Rabbi Laurie Rutenberg, Rabbi Gary Shoenberg
Website: ourjewishhome.net
Phone: 503-246-5070
Chesed Shel Emet Chesed Shel Emet (The Ultimate Act of Loving Kindness)
About: Jewish Indigent Burials is a program being established by the Oregon Board of Rabbis and Cedar Sinai Park. This partnership is dedicated to assuring that every Jew, regardless of financial means or religious affiliation, receives a dignified, traditional Jewish funeral and burial.
Phone: 503-535-4303

Additional Jewish Resources

Kavod vNichum There is a lot of information available online about Jewish funerary practices. The best place to start to learn more is Kavod v’Nichum (Honor and Comfort), a national non-profit educational organization dedicated to educating the Jewish community about Jewish burial ritual and practice.

Oregon Resources

POLST

POLST is a medical order giving people with serious illness or frailty more control to direct the kinds of treatment they receive.
Hospice The Oregon Hospice Association is a statewide public benefit organization helping to ensure Oregonians have access to high quality hospice and palliative care as they near the end of life. Services include public and professional education, advocacy, research, consultation, accreditation and leadership.
 CompassionAndChoices Compassion & Choices is the leading nonprofit organization committed to helping everyone have the best death possible. They offer free consultation, planning resources, referrals and guidance, and across the nation they work to protect and expand options at the end of life.
 NODA No One Dies Alone volunteers compassionately hold a bedside vigil with residents or patients who are in their last 24 or 36 hours of life. The program supports a time when no more nursing is needed, but the loving presence of a compassionate individual is valued.