History

In 1886, a group of twenty-one Jewish families convened to form a congregation and build a house of study and Jewish worship. In 1888, a parcel of land on Egmont Street was purchased and a building committee established. Temple Beth Tefilloh's dedication was held on November 7, 1890, and was attended by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, the founder of Reform Judaism in America.

For more than a century, the members of Temple Beth Tefilloh -- House of Prayer — have been active in the community, living and working among non-Jews, but maintaining a sense of Jewish identity and pride. In the years ahead, we will continue to teach Torah to our children and show by example how a small number of dedicated people can keep the Jewish belief and tradition alive in a small corner of southern Georgia.