Temple B’nai Israel in Albany, Georgia serves all Jews throughout Southwest Georgia. We are a pluralistic Reform temple that offers spiritual prayer, intense study and the opportunity for good works. One of the oldest Reform congregations in the country, we were founded in 1876, with roots going back to the 1840s.

Our synagogue has strived to serve as a beit tefillah, a house of worship , a beit midrash, a house of study, and a beit knesset, a house of assembly. As the only Jewish congregation in the Albany area, we understand our obligation to provide religious educational and social outlets for Jews throughout the region.

We offer regular Friday night services at 8 p.m. with the new Reform prayer book Mishkan T’Filah. In addition, we have special Synaplex Shabbat services including the Union Prayer Book service, which features a classical Reform approach including a formal choir, Shabbat family dinner services with the Gates of Prayer for Young People, a spiritual service, featuring meditation and guided readings, and Thank God It’s Friday: Wine and Cheese service, a wine and cheese get together followed by a circular discussion and a short informal service.