Following the sale of the Boundary Street campus in October 2024, the Cedar Sinai Park Foundation changed its name to the Robison Foundation for Jewish Elders. We have expanded our mission while honoring our legacy of 100+ years of services to the elders in our Jewish community.

LOVE . HONOR . RESPECT

Our History

Jewish Old People’s Home

The original location was a 16-room, Victorian home in the heart of the Jewish immigrant neighborhood of South Portland.

1920 - 1954

Kosher Cuisine

In an environment based on Jewish values, residents dine on kosher meals at the Jewish Old People’s Home.

1935

A Visit in a Cheerful Bedroom

Comfort and connection have always been at the heart of our community.

1935

Hannah Robison’s Birthday

1940

Robison Jewish Home Opens

The state-of-the-art nursing facility on Boundary Street in Southwest Portland opens with 16 residents. Its namesake, Hannah Robison, was a leader of the women's auxiliary that later became Friends of Robison. Her sons Charles and Edward Robison provided the lead donation for the purchase of the Boundary Street property.

1957

Mrs. Dina Rosen receives a Friends of Robison Life Membership Certificate from Mrs. Rose Zidell

1972

Rose Schnitzer Manor

The 154-unit assisted living community was named in memory of Rose Schnitzer, the mother of Harold Schnitzer and grandmother of Jordan Schnitzer.

1998

Bernice Feibleman

The resident of Rose Schnitzer Manor overcame limitations caused by a stroke to become a Bat Mitzvah in the Robison Jewish Home chapel.

2002

Community

Patsy Steinberg, a Robison Jewish Home resident, shares a smile with Kimberly Fuson, who became Cedar Sinai Park’s Chief Executive Officer in 2019.

2004

Rose Schnitzer Tower Apartments

Through the generosity and foresight of the Schnitzer and Winkler families, Cedar Sinai Park acquires four apartment buildings in downtown Portland that provide affordable housing to seniors.

2005

Joyce Singer

Joyce Singer shows off books that were collected by the Robison Sisterhood for the library.

2010

Therese White

The 94-year-old resident entertains Michelle Gradow by playing piano in the Robison Jewish Home living room. Gradow is a lifelong CSP volunteer, the director of the Mazel Tones choir, and a former member of the Cedar Sinai Park Board.

2011

Harold Schnitzer Center for Living

A major remodel and expansion of Cedar Sinai Park's skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities enriches the environment for residents and staff. The skilled nursing facility is renamed in memory of longtime friend and benefactor Harold Schnitzer. In the newly-constructed skilled nursing facility, residents live in “households” that feature open kitchen, dining and living areas.

2016-2017

2020 Pandemic

During the Covid-19 pandemic, residents and staff of Cedar Sinai Park worked together to create a fun and safe environment.

2020

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees confers at the end of Cedar Sinai Park’s annual member meeting in June 2024. At the meeting, the members received information on the sale and approved changes to Cedar Sinai Park’s organizational documents that made the sale possible. The sale closed October 2024, and the proceeds were transferred to the Cedar Sinai Park Foundation.

2024

The sale of the Boundary Street campus

In 2023, the Board of Trustees determined that Cedar Sinai Park’s operations model was no longer financially sustainable due to an unprecedented national staffing shortage, an increasingly regulated environment, and a changing senior services market. The Board examined a range of possible scenarios for Cedar Sinai Park’s future, which included repositioning and resizing the organization’s services, affiliating with another nonprofit provider, and selling the Boundary Street campus. The Board ultimately decided to sell the Boundary Street campus to a highly vetted buyer and transfer the proceeds to the Cedar Sinai Park Foundation. The Foundation is financially positioned to serve the elders in Portland’s Jewish community for decades to come.

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Our History

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2024

The sale of the Boundary Street campus

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