The Rabbi Samuel Scolnic Adult Institute

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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.

Spring 2025 Semester

Click here to view the Spring 2025 course catalog.

The Spring 2025 semester of the Samuel Scolnic Adult Institute will begin Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, March 17-19.

In-Person Classes at Beth El
MONDAY EVENING SCHEDULE (March 17, 24, and 31; April 7, 21, and 28)
  • 7:00 – 7:50 pm
Online Classes via Zoom
TUESDAY MORNING SCHEDULE (March 18 and 25; April 1, 8, 22, and 29)
  • 10:00 – 10:50 am
  • 11:10 am – Noon
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SCHEDULE (March 19 and 26; April 2, 9, 23, and 30)
  • 1:00 – 1:50 pm
WEDNESDAY EVENING SCHEDULE (March 19 and 26; April 2, 9, 23, and 30)
  • 7:30 – 8:20 pm
  • 8:20 – 8:40 pm – Break for evening minyan via Zoom
  • 8:40 – 9:30 pm

Register for the Spring 2025 Semester

The Judith Scolnic Memorial Lecture

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.

Spring 2025 Semester Registration