"I now live in 'injury time'": The couples who decided to turn their lives around

A feature article about a social club for couples aged 50+, offering a solution to loneliness and routine after children leave home. The founders, Jenny and Ilan, married for 24 years, held an alternative wedding ceremony to renew their vows. The club has nearly 10,000 couples and organizes trips, picnics, parties, and lectures. The goal: expanding the social circle and revitalizing the existing relationship.

A feature article about a social club called "Club for Couples," aimed at couples aged 50+ and designed to address loneliness and routine after children leave home. The founders, Jenny and Ilan, married for 24 years, held an alternative wedding ceremony last Thursday (August 20, 2026) to renew their vows, to which they invited community members. The club, which started as an initiative of one couple, now has nearly 10,000 couples and is active on WhatsApp groups, Facebook, and meetings across the country. Activities include trips, picnics, parties, lectures, weekends, public singing evenings, and women's gatherings. Participants, including couples in their second chapter, cancer survivors, and people simply tired of routine, describe the difficulty of building a new social circle at an older age and the opportunity to rediscover their partner. The article quotes several participants, including Uzi, Shmerit, Ofer, Faina, and Jenny, describing the change they experienced. The article does not include critical voices or an analysis of economic or geographic barriers to participation.