Temple B’nai Jeshurun

Temple B’nai Jeshurun (TBJ) is a Reform congregation in Short Hills, New Jersey, serving more than 1,250 member families and the wider community. Rooted in community, spiritual awareness, purpose, and social action, TBJ seeks to build connection among its members and neighbors.

Founded in 1848 by a small group of families from Central Europe in Newark, the congregation later moved to South Orange. It has been in its current home on South Orange Avenue in Short Hills since 1968.

TBJ offers Shabbat and holiday worship, an Early Childhood Center, religious education for children and teens, and continuing education for adults, including Torah study and speaker series. It also runs a Women’s Association, family programs, and a congregational cemetery. It offers space rental and lifecycle services.