17 year members. 10 years attending weekly Torah Study (Limmud). Engaging, honest, funny, done…read moreweekly with care and love. Not dry or by rote. Each week, lines of Torah are read and collectively debated with help from Rashi. Growing community thoughtfully.

TL;DR: If you're searching for your Jewish home, you've found it. Congratulations…read more I have belonged to Agudas Achim from birth. I have gone to well over a dozen synagogues in multiple states, and I have yet to find one that holds a candle to CAA Austin. That includes all the famous ones in NYC. Whether it's Friday night, Saturday morning, High Holy Days, Passover, or Shavuot, the services are musical and meaningful. The congregates are deeply kind and friendly. The Rabbis are warm and wise. Be prepared to make a real friend. The religious school is high quality, and the sanctuary's beauty doesn't have an equal. Agudas Achim stands as the Austin Jewish Community's response to the modern day scourge of loneliness and apathy. The only thing this synagogue is missing is you. Welcome home.

I am a conversion student at Temple Beth Shalom and I have felt welcomed since the beginning. Rabbi…read moreFreedman, Rabbi Steinman, and Cantor Gostein are fantastic. All of my instructors have been very helpful and have really made this experience even more special. Even though we've been dealing with the effects of social distancing and the restrictions of Covid-19, Temple Beth Shalom has still maintained a strong connection with it's congregants and students, whether it's through classes or events or Shabbat service or High Holidays. When my Aunt passed from Covid-19 this year, Rabbi Freedman called to comfort me even though I was only a conversion student. I felt so grateful. The congregation also came together to unofficially sit Shiva for my Aunt. Temple Beth Shalom is a wonderful community. I can't wait to take my beit din at the end of Spring so I can officially be a part of this community.

I honestly didn't want to write this review but I just had to get this off my chest. My family and…read moreI joined this synagogue because we wanted to help our children identify with Judaism more closely and it was important to us that they celebrated their Bar/Bat Mitzvahs in a friendly and loving Jewish environment. Rabbi Freedman even came to our house for a naming ceremony when our third daughter was born. We enrolled our eldest daughter in Bat Mitzvah classes and started attending services. When we joined we couldn't afford to pay the full membership fees and the synagogue allowed us to pay a lower rate. About six months later we started getting regular calls from the finance person at the synagogue wanting to discuss our membership fees and to see if we could start paying more. Needless to say this was stressful and embarrassing and ultimately we just couldn't find the extra money. Sadly we had to cancel our membership. Never once did we receive a call from the synagogue asking about our leaving. It was difficult explaining to our kids why we left. As a Jew I am extremely aware of and sensitive to the stereotypes regarding Jews and money. It was heartbreaking to see that what we could provide financially to the synagogue was more important than us being a part of their community.

When I lived in Austin, I enjoyed going to this Chabad very much. They have excellent classes…read morevery welcoming group. Convenient location.

Rabi Levertov is nice and kind, always pleasure to come with kids for the service, planning to do…read moreBar Mikva with my youngest one, highly recommend

Love this church! A close-knit, loving family. Very diverse, lots of families with children of all…read moreages. Amazing worship team!

Shalom, JCC, Health & Wellness Managers, Robbin T. and Erika C., Robbin committed & Scheduled two…read moreinterviews and no showed both. She never met with be yet asked another manager to ask how much experience i had. I guess 16 yrs in the industry was insufficient and had her insubordinate send the rejection letter stating that they were moving forward with another candidate, yet 12 hours later it was reposted and open. Erika didn't allow me to audition for the open roles is cycle, Barre or bootcamp, instead strength, yet a few days later, rejection letter never allowing me to audition for the REAL positions. She said that there were a lot of strong candidates, 12 hours later, reposted and to this day, it's still open. They don't value meritocracy, rather being overshadowed, laced with insecurity

Wonderful programs. Clean. Safe. High caliber members and staff. Awesome classes. Fantastic…read morelocation.

I have been a member here since 2003. It is a smaller church which I like because I get to know…read moremost everyone here. The people here are so inviting and friendly. The people are alot of different ages, ethnicities, backgrounds...very diverse. But we all work together to strengthen our faith and be of service to the community. It's an inspiring place.

At the time I was originally waiting for the new pastor to arrive, Josh Robinson, arrived and has…read morecome into his own after being here now for two years. Along with having a new pastor, there is also an ebb and flow of membership, but we are coming into clearly an all aged congregation and reaching out to the community with an array of services, biblical teachings, Financial Peace University trainings, Stephen Ministry program, youth groups and activities,and so much more. Just go to the website http://hopeaustin.org for more ideas on exactly involve it is with music, discipleship and worship, service and missions, and adult & children education programs -- and more!

Nice community church in the area! As small as it is, it represents diversity and whole different…read morecountries! Pretty cool!