Congregation Beth Am

{{Short description|Reform Jewish synagogue in California, US}}

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| location = 26790 Arastradero Road, Los Altos Hills, California

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| architect = Goodwin Steinberg

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| footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.betham.org/guided_tour.html |title=Guided Tour |access-date=2011-12-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012011315/http://www.betham.org/guided_tour.html |archive-date=2010-10-12 }}

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Congregation Beth Am ({{langx|he|בית עם||People's House}}) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Los Altos Hills, California, in the United States.{{Cite news |last=Pine |first=Dan |date=2022-11-22 |title=Beth Am suffers ‘moment of crisis’ after rabbi's contract is not renewed |url=https://jweekly.com/2022/11/22/beth-am-suffers-moment-of-crisis-after-rabbis-contract-is-not-renewed/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |work=J. |language=en-US}}

The congregation is a member of the Union for Reform Judaism.

Beth Am has a sister congregation in Poltava, Ukraine, also known as Beth Am. Beth Am has a program aimed at helping emigrant families from the former Soviet Union. Two congregation members have won Nobel Prizes.{{Cite web |date=3 May 1996 |title=Beth Am, congregation of learners, marks 40 years |url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/3125/beth-am-congregation-of-learners-marks-40-years/ |website=J.}}