Saint Patrick’s Day
by Meredith Lewis • March 17th, 2008 9:13 AM
Category: Holidays
How do Irish Jews celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day?
The Loyal Yiddish Sons of Erin were a group of Irish-Jewish immigrants in New York City who, at least through the 1960s, would celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with green matzo balls. The Sons were actually Irish-born descendants of Polish and Lithuanian Jews who had stopped off in Ireland for a brief period on their migratory path to the U.S. (MORE)
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