Congregation Beth Emeth (transliterated from Hebrew as "House of Truth") is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 100 Academy Road, in Albany, Albany County, New York, in the United States.
Established in 1885, it is the fourth oldest Reform congregation in the United States.
[2] Reform pioneer Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise led Beth El from 1846 to 1850 where he conducted a day school which included public school curriculum, religion & Hebrew.
The congregation's 1887 building, located at Lancaster and South Swan Streets in Albany, is considered to be one of the few surviving 19th-century synagogues in the United States.
[6] In June of 1953 the building committee ratified the decision to move from Lancaster and Swan to 17 acres (6.9 ha) up town.