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From the celebration of new life to the saying of Kaddish Yatom (Mourner’s Prayer), Temple B’nai Israel welcomes all who seek a closer connection to Reform Judaism to join us in honoring Shabbat, life cycle events, and the Jewish holy days. During the year, you will enjoy participating in weekly Shabbat observances and our holiday services, including Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Read more...

Rabbi Simone Schicker serves as Temple B’nai Israel’s full-time spiritual leader. Growing up in the suburbs of Houston, Rabbi Schicker was raised in an interfaith household and found herself drawn to Judaism after multiple summers at Camp Young Judaea – Texas. Throughout middle and high school, Rabbi Schicker was actively involved in Jewish youth activities including NFTY-TOR, J-Serve, Panim, March Read more...

Temple Israel is unlike any other synagogue in the world. We make up one percent of all Reform Jews in North America. We often have more than 1500 people at our gorgeous outdoor summer services. We have more involved teens than any other community, and our program is growing. Temple Israel was organized in 60 days back in 1941 just before Read more...

Rabbi Jen Lader joined the Temple Israel clergy team in July of 2012, following her ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, OH.  In her final year, she was awarded the Cora Kahn Prize for superior sermon delivery and oratory, as well as the Ferdinand M. Isserman Prize for the development of community relations at the Read more...

Our youth education is called the Spinoza Program and it provides our young people with a positive and enriching Jewish cultural educational experience that will empower them to make choices about how to incorporate Jewish culture and heritage into their own lives, supplying them with the tools to make informed decisions about their Jewish identities. We also place an important emphasis on Read more...

Humanistic Judaism celebrates Jewish life while putting our faith in human reason and human power as the best vehicles for improving the world. ​Humanistic Judaism offers a connection to Jewish identity and community for people who identify as “just Jewish,” culturally Jewish, “Jew-ish,” “Jewish and . . .,” “half-Jewish,” multicultural, “not religious,” secular, humanistic, atheist and/or agnostic. ​Humanistic Judaism provides Read more...

Our youth education is called the Spinoza* Program and it provides our young people with a positive and enriching Jewish cultural educational experience that will empower them to make choices about how to incorporate Jewish culture and heritage into their own lives, supplying them with the tools to make informed decisions about their Jewish identities. We also place an important emphasis on Read more...

Secular Humanistic Rabbi Jeffrey L. Falick was appointed to lead The Birmingham Temple, as our congregation was then known, in July 2013. Originally a member of the Reform movement, Rabbi Falick became involved in Secular Humanistic Judaism in 2009 after a lifetime of searching and questioning. His involvement in the movement includes his roles on boards and executive committees of Read more...