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They got a $440 chunk from the Hill Havurah Congregation, a $25 donation from another “football mom,” scores of anonymous gifts and plenty of encouragement.

More than 50 households tuned into a Zoom meeting Monday night hosted by Hill Havurah, the Jewish community on Capitol Hill, to discuss the episode and its meaning.

She sang beautifully and was a force at the Fabrangen Havurah in Chevy Chase.

Thunemann, 52, once lived in an ashram — or spiritual retreat center — and years later tried to start a havurah, or lay-led Jewish community, outside Seattle.

Such projects include the creation of new religious institutions such as Hill Havurah, an independent Jewish community, and the revitalization of the Old Naval Hospital into the Hill Center, a cultural and educational center.