Benisch took an active part in communal affairs, and helped to found several learned societies, including the Biblical Institute and its allies, the Syro-Egyptian and the Biblical Chronological Societies. These three were afterward fused into the Society of Biblical Archaeology. He zealously promoted the formation of the Society of Hebrew Literature in 1870, and of the Anglo-Jewish Association in 1871.
Benisch was actively engaged in communal activities and contributed to the founding of several learned societies, such as the Biblical Institute and its allied groups: the Syro-Egyptian Society and the Biblical Chronological Societies. These three were later integrated into the Society of Biblical Archaeology. He zealously supported the creation of the Society of Hebrew Literature in 1870 and the Anglo-Jewish Association in 1871.