#Oydate: The 4/20 Edition
It’s 4/20! The following installment of #OyDate reveals it may not be the greatest day for a first date!
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Culture Pot Seder Aims To Put Legalization on the Passover Table
(JTA) — This seder included a legal disclaimer. “The cannabis products at this Seder are available to OMMP cardholders only,” the sign at the check-in table read, referring to the state of Oregon’s medical marijuana program. “All others consume at your own risk.” The fine print explained the facts: While Oregon voters legalized recreational marijuana…
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News Is Smoking Kosher for Passover — and What About Pot?
Smoking is one of those topics that ties rabbis up in knots, and marijuana just clouds the issue even more. And that’s before Jewish dietary laws even come into it. Yes, smoking is now acknowledged to be bad for you, so indulgence ostensibly contravenes the command not to desecrate the body. But it is also…
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The Schmooze Will Ben and Jerry’s Next Ice Cream Flavor Be Pot?
(JTA) — Ben & Jerry’s ice cream comes in a lot of flavors, but so far, marijuana isn’t one of them. However, the company’s, ahem, joint founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, indicated that could change should the drug become widely legalized in the United States. Speaking on HuffPost Live on Wednesday, the two, who are…
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The Schmooze Legalize It With Meretz
Getty Images Is it possible that the Israeli left finally has something in common with Moshe Feiglin? Earlier last month, Meretz put out an elections ad showing them as the lamest party ever — but today it seems like they’re finally ready to be one of the cool kids — by lighting up a joint….
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News Medical Marijuana May Soon Get Kosher Stamp of Approval
Kosher marijuana could soon be available to Orthodox Jews in New York State — but only on doctor’s orders. Rabbi Moshe Elefant, COO of the Orthodox Union’s kosher certification agency, said he has held “preliminary discussions” with several companies interested in obtaining a kosher seal of approval for medical marijuana. The move comes as legalization…
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Breaking News Advocacy Group Aims To Put Marijuana Legalization on Jewish Agenda
(JTA) — “You know, it’s a funny thing, every one of the bastards that are out for legalizing marijuana is Jewish. What the Christ is the matter with the Jews, Bob, what is the matter with them?” That was President Richard Nixon speaking to his top aide, H.R. “Bob” Haldeman, during a recorded White House…
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The Schmooze Bethenny Frankel Wants to Sell You Munchie-Free Weed
Getty Images Love weed but hate the munchies? Bethenny Frankel is your new best friend. Frankel — who launched the empire that provides you with your weekly fix of Skinnygirl margarita mix— has supposedly announced that she will be peddling a kind of pot that keeps you high without sending you on an bodega Ruffles…
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