According to Genesis 1:29, God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you.” And cannabis is no exception here. So we already know pot is kosher — even kosher for…
Queen of Jewish cooking Joan Nathan likes to add fresh ginger and nutmeg to her matzo balls. The Forward 50-honoree also puts homemade chicken stock into the matzo ball mix to add flavor. She finishes by mixing in chopped up fresh dill, parsley and cilantro. Recently, she added one more thing: Cannabis leaves. In collaboration…
The Jewish rapport with weed is long and varied, implicit yet ingrained. President Richard Nixon, father of the Drug War, was one of the first to explicitly call it out: “You know, it’s a funny thing, every one of the bastards that are out for legalizing marijuana is Jewish,” said Nixon. “What the Christ is…
Within the cannabis industry, it’s well known that Israel is leading the world in medical marijuana research. The tiny country is home to a fully legal medical cannabis program that serves 30,000 patients, while THC itself — the cannabis plant’s main psychoactive compound — was discovered by renowned Israeli chemist Raphael Mechoulam in the early…
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Hebrew University is organizing Argentina’s first international conference on medicinal cannabis. The first International Conference on Cannabis’ Endocannabinoid and Medicinal System in Argentina´s history, will take place October 24-25 at NH Tango Porteño Hotel in Buenos Aires. In August, the Argentine government passed a law on the Medicinal Use of Cannabis and its Derivatives after…
NEW YORK (JTA) — Marijuana entrepreneur Catherine Goldberg was working on an event with the Orthodox founders of Mitzva Herbal, a company that makes kosher-certified cannabis-infused edibles, when she shared her dream of uniting marijuana-loving Jews over Friday-night dinners. “They were, like, ‘Cat, we can’t smoke on Shabbat,” Goldberg, 28, recalled. “So I figured havdalah,…
The first kosher certification for medical marijuana in Canada has been awarded to a Quebec company, the Canadian Jewish News reported Tuesday. The Ottawa Vaad HaKashrut certification agency will place its mark on cannabis buds, powders and oils produced by the Hydropothecary Corporation of Gatineau. The agency’s director, Rabbi Levy Teitlebaum, praised his organization’s joint…
Israel is becoming a center of American medical marijuana production and research, as U.S. companies move their grow houses and R&D operations to the Jewish State. It is much easier to conduct medical trials on drugs made from cannabis in Israel than it is in the U.S., where companies must spend several years getting approval…
100% of profits support our journalism
