:: Empty Nesters

Connect with Active Adults in Their 60's & 70's

The EmptyNesters auxiliary was formed over 15 years ago by Rabbi Weinberg and a group of wonderfully energetic people who saw the need for creating an extended family at WHC for members like us. We are a group — made up of couples and singles — who enjoy each other's company and a wide variety of activities coordinated by our co-chairs and planning committee.

Our past and current events include:

• Retreats and discussions with clergy, outside speakers and book reviewers;

• Concerts and theater, including National Theater, Kennedy Center, Strathmore, and Theater J;

• World and local travel, including the Baltics, Jewish Italy and historical Jewish Washington, DC and Baltimore;

• Local DC events, including movies, winery trips and art museum tours;

• Special events, such as our Havdalah & Dinner programs and "Meet the Press" Sunday bagel discussions;

• Service for the Temple, including ushering at Shirei Shabbat services and packaging food for the Global Hunger Foundation;

• Community service, including WHC Mitzvah Day and our special charity, N Street Village in DC; and

• Special dinners at WHC, such as pre-Selichot, break-the-fast, and second night Seder as well as Shabbat dinners in members' homes where we can join together to connect informally.

We have enjoyed and continue to enjoy:

• retreats and discussions with clergy, outside speakers and book reviewers;
• music and theater, including National Theater, Kennedy Center, Strathmore, and Theater J;
• world and local travel, including the Baltics, Jewish Italy and historical Jewish Washington, DC and Baltimore;
• local DC events, including movies, winery trips and art museum tours;
• special events, such as our Havdalah & Dinner programs and "Meet the Press" Sunday bagel discussions;
• service for the Temple, including ushering at Shirei Shabbat services;
• community service, including WHC Mitzvah Day and our special charity, N Street Village in DC;
• special dinners at WHC, such as pre-Selichot, break-the-fast, and second night Seder as well as Shabbat dinners in members' homes where we can join together to connect informally.