Erin Go Bragh, Shalom: St. Patrick's Day The Jewish Way

Highland Brewing, 12 Old Charlotte Highway, will introduce its new Erin Go Bragh red Irish ale this weekend at the tasting room. Head brewer John Lyda has made just three barrels of this very drinkable 5.1 percent amber brew. Look for it on Friday onlyMacy's Parades and Rose Parades are accomplishments if you are a marching band member. A trip to the motherland of St. Patrick's Day is something else altogether. The All-American Marching Band from Purdue University leaves on Sunday for aSt. Patrick's Day in New York now means parades and green beer. But 50 years ago, it also meant green matzo balls at the annual banquet of the Loyal League of Yiddish Sons of Erin. The league was a fraternal organization of Irish-born Jews. The majorErin go Bragh! Take Our St. Paddy's Day Quiz. There's much more to know about St. Patrick's Day beyond green beer, the wearing

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