Temple Shir Tikva, first known as the Jewish Congregation of Wayland, has served the Jewish community in Wayland and surrounding areas since the 1970s. With a focus on education and the development of community, Temple Shir Tikva has a membership of more than 600 families comprised of more than 1,000 adults. Temple Shir Tikva inherited the Torah scroll from Jicin, Czechoslovakia. The Holocaust decimated the congregation and community there, but the scroll survived and is now a part of Temple Shir Tikva's heritage.