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The Harburg Jewish Cemetery Archaeological Museum Hamburg

Drug dealers set up shop at Jewish cemetery in Hamburg, Germany

Addicts from a nearby rehab center inject themselves with heroin among the ancient headstones, according to a newspaper report.

This Jewish Scientist Discovered The Magic of THC

In the early 1960s, a Bulgarian-born scientist named Raphael Mechoulam was caught carrying five kilograms of, as he called it, “superb, smuggled Lebanese hashish” on a bus from Tel Aviv to Rehovot. But he wasn’t planning on smoking the stuff—or even making potzah brei. Mechoulam was a fledging researcher keen on exploring the science behind cannabis, […]

Where Drug Lords Once Reigned, Colombian Jewish Converts Now Pray

Bello, the Medellín, Colombia suburb largely known for drugs and gang violence, is an unlikely destination for Israeli backpackers, foreign rabbis, and Jewish tourists. But thanks to a former pastor named Juan Carlos Villegas, Bello is now home to a burgeoning, passionate community of Orthodox Jewish converts. As brought to life by the dazzling reporting […]

Jews Ask Here’s Your Hemp, What’s Your Hurry

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Drug dealers set up shop at Jewish cemetery in Hamburg, Germany

This Jewish Scientist Discovered The Magic of THC

Where Drug Lords Once Reigned, Colombian Jewish Converts Now Pray

Jews Ask: Here’s Your Hemp, What’s Your Hurry?

Drugs and Strippers Under God

Another Kind of ‘Green’ Judaism

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Drug dealers set up shop at Jewish cemetery in Hamburg, Germany

This Jewish Scientist Discovered The Magic of THC

Where Drug Lords Once Reigned, Colombian Jewish Converts Now Pray

Jews Ask: Here’s Your Hemp, What’s Your Hurry?

Drugs and Strippers Under God

Another Kind of ‘Green’ Judaism

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