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The Rabbi Samuel Scolnic Adult Institute offers classes in a wide variety of Jewish subjects, including traditional Torah study, history, culture, Israel, philosophy, ethics, law, literature, music, and art.
Our clergy teach every fall and spring semester along with other rabbis and educators and experts on specific topics of interest.
Each semester is six weeks long.
If you have any questions, please email scolnicinstitute@bethelmc.org.
The Rabbi Samuel Scolnic Adult Institute was formerly known as the Saul Bendit Adult Institute.
Click here to view the Spring 2026 catalog
The Spring 2026 semester of the Samuel Scolnic Adult Institute will begin Tuesday and Wednesday, March 10 and 11.
Classes are available in person (no recording) at Beth El or via Zoom. Click here to view the catalog.
If you have questions, please email scolnicinstitute@bethelmc.org.
Registration before March 3: $75/class for members and $85/class for nonmembers Registration on March 3 or later: $80/class for members and $90/class for nonmembers
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To honor the memory of Judith Scolnic z”l, the Scolnic Institute committee hosted a lecture to inaugurate the Fall 2022 semester of classes. Rabbi Benjamin Scolnic, son of Beth El’s Rabbi Samuel Scolnic z”l, and Judith Scolnic z”l, delivered a talk entitled Did Democratic Ideals Begin in Early Israel?
Click here to view the recording from the lecture.
