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Horticulturalist and activist Ed Rosenthal. (Christian Peacock/ YIVO)
May 11, 2022, 6:18 am
Is weed the Chosen People’s drug of choice? These artifacts suggest it may be
A new exhibit running through December at the YIVO Institute in NYC fires up the Jewish people’s relationship with marijuana from biblical times to the ‘Old Country’ and today
By Jordan Hoffman
Israelis gather at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to mark the international marijuana smoking day, in a demonstration to legalize the drug, on April 20, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 9, 2022, 7:13 pm
Justice minister proposes further decriminalizing recreational cannabis use
The plan won’t allow prosecution ‘other than in exceptional cases,’ limits fines to NIS 1,000, won’t differentiate between first and repeated offenses
By ToI Staff
An Israeli worker holds medical cannabis, at UNIVO Pharmaceuticals in the coastal city of Ashkelon, Israel, Jan. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
February 2, 2022, 3:10 pm
Budding market: Lucrative cannabis industry looks to leverage ex-politicians’ sway
Increasing numbers of former leaders and security chiefs find new careers in the country’s tightly controlled cannabis industry, which hopes to use influence to change laws
By Ilan Ben Zion
Illustrative image: A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern city of Safed August 31, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
April 22, 2021, 4:43 pm
Podcast: Pharmacist who opened his mind to Rx marijuana wants Israel to get lit
Until the 1930s, cannabis products were sold in local pharmacies, says Saul Kaye, head of CannaTech and iCan. Now, by not deregulating medical pot, Startup Nation is falling behind
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Maesa Story, a worker at Montana Advanced Caregivers, packs a joint with marijuana at the Billings, Mont. medical marijuana dispensary on Nov. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
March 31, 2021, 9:47 pm
New York state legalizes recreational marijuana
Cuomo signs legislation Wednesday; state to automatically clear records of people with past convictions of cannabis-related offenses that would no longer be criminalized
By AFP
Illustrative image of someone smoking. (Tunatura; iStock by Getty Images)
November 12, 2020, 5:45 pm
Israel announces plan to legalize recreational cannabis within 9 months
According to recommendations of interministerial team, marijuana will be sold to users aged 21 and up, but not for consumption in public
By ToI Staff
Illustration of a man smoking a joint. February 11, 2020 (Yossi Zamir/FLASH90)
November 11, 2020, 5:18 pm
Government panel said to back legalizing marijuana sales
Committee will reportedly recommend setting up authorized shops to sell the drug for recreational use to those 21 and older, but ban smoking it in public
By ToI Staff
Michael Steinmetz is the Jewish entrepreneur behind Flow Kana and the Flow Cannabis Institute. (Courtesy of Flow Kana/ via JTA)
March 17, 2020, 1:28 am
‘King of Weed’: Meet the Jewish mogul who’s smokin’ the competition
Venezuela-born Michael Steinmetz has an engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon, worked for NASA, and was an investment banker for Merrill Lynch. Now he’s a top US weed seller
By Gabe Stutman
Amos Dov Silver (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 16, 2019, 9:03 am
Founder of Telegrass pot marketplace escapes police in Ukraine
Amos Dov Silver was set to be extradited to Israel after the Ukrainian supreme court rejected his appeal on Thursday
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of marijuana plant. (CC BY-SA Jennifer Martin, Wikimedia commons)
July 25, 2019, 11:16 pm
Future Boston-area pot shop vandalized with anti-Semitic, racist graffiti
Jordan Avery, 25, the African-American owner who is converting to Judaism, insists he won’t be stopped
By Marcy Oster
Rabbi Denise L. Eger at the 2011 Human Rights Campaign gala in Los Angeles, where she was honored, March 12, 2011. (Brian To/FilmMagic/Getty Images via JTA)
July 19, 2019, 9:13 am
Rabbi peeved as first weed cafe in US to open near synagogue
Denise Eger worries members of Congregation Kol Ami in Los Angeles could get a ‘contact high’ from patrons of the Lowell Cafe as they walk to services
By Gabe Friedman
Israelis gather at the Rose Garden in front of the Knesset to mark the international '4:20' marijuana smoking day, in a demonstration to push legalizing the drug, in Jerusalem, on April 20, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 13, 2019, 11:19 am
PM said to back law to legalize public pot-smoking, home-growing for private use
Ahead of elections, Netanyahu reportedly set to support Likud MK Haskel’s bill softening laws on marijuana; Likud also appoints new adviser to target Russian-speaking voters
By ToI Staff
A screenshot of a Telegrass marijuana menu. (Screenshot)
April 18, 2019, 3:21 pm
Prosecutors charge 27 suspects in Telegram cannabis marketplace
Indictment alleges managers of marijuana distribution network were knowingly involved, and sometimes even encouraged sale of drugs to minors
By ToI Staff
A screenshot of a Telegrass marijuana menu. (Screenshot)
April 14, 2019, 5:19 pm
Prosecutors to charge 22 suspects in Telegram cannabis marketplace
Police say they have completed their probe into Telegrass network, a month after arresting 42 suspected members in several countries
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative image of marijuana plant. (CC BY-SA Jennifer Martin, Wikimedia commons)
March 31, 2019, 2:10 pm
Partial decriminalization of public cannabis use takes effect Sunday night
Legalization activists warn substituting fines for criminal indictments may lead to stricter enforcement by police
By ToI Staff
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