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
Celia Scheuer
Celia Scheuer, a registered nurse, was the first Superintendent of the Robison Jewish Home after it opened on Boundary Street. Before emigrating to the United States in 1940, Mrs. Scheuer was the director of a Jewish old people's home in Germany, and she also worked for many years at hospitals in Portland and Oregon City.
Robison Jewish Home Opens
The state-of-the-art nursing facility on Boundary Street in Southwest Portland opens with 14 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.
1955
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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