EPISODE 125 - Stronger Than Hate - A Benefit for Tree of Life Synagogue


On December 6th, 2018 The Green Room 42 presented "Stronger Than Hate: A Benefit for Tree of Life Synagogue." The concert raised funds for the Pittsburgh congregation and the victims' families who were attacked in a shooting on October 27th, 2018. The mass shooting claimed eleven lives and left six others injured.

Cast members of Off-Broadway's "Fiddler on the Roof," produced by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, performed "Matchmaker" and "Sabbath Prayer." The evening also featured a discussion with award-winning Director/Choreographer Gary John La Rosa and Jason Sirois, Director of Education Programs at the Anti-Defamation League. Julie Gold, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter closed the evening with "From A Distance." Hosted by Ilana Levine, creator of the podcast "Little Known Facts," the benefit also featured Jodi BluesteinJillian GottliebNathan KlauDanny Harris KornfeldRebecca KuznickStephanie Lynne MasonJesse ManocherianRosie Jo NeddyBill Nolte, Collin O'Connor, Samantha Joy Pearlman, the group Scruffy Pearls, Hannah RichterAlyson Leigh RosenfeldGavriel SavitEileen TepperMarc WinskiRachel Zatcoff, and Tree of Life congregant Samantha G. Harris.