Jews in Weed is where connection, Jewish identity, culture, professional relationships and a lot of joy come together. We gather at conference Bagel Bashes and on a pre-Shabbat call every month, in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Plants, at holiday parties and evening events, and in a community that keeps talking in between.
The Delancey Rooftop, 168 Delancey St, New York NY, 8 to 10 AM
Our third Bagel Bash alongside Hall of Flowers, this time on a Lower East Side rooftop. Coffee, bagels and a morning of schmoozing before the New York show gets going.
Get tickets for Bagel Bash at Hall of Flowers NYC (opens in a new tab)All are welcome. Hate is not.
Jewish professionals are at the heart of Jews in Weed, and allies have been part of it from day one. Today they make up nearly half of the people at our events.
The Bagel Bash is our signature, but it is only one of the ways Jews in Weed shows up for each other all year.
Networking breakfasts at major cannabis conferences, from Hall of Flowers to NECANN and IgniteIt.
On Zoom, the first Friday of every month at 4:20 PM ET. It is how we started, and the next one is November 6 with Saphire Galoob.
The JIW Sisterhood, for the women of the community. It held its first virtual meeting in October, with more on the way.
Purim at Torches NYC, a pre-Hanukkah party with Matisyahu in Westchester, a pre-Cup party in Atlantic City and nights out with friends of the community.
Come to one gathering or all of them. Here are the easiest places to start.
A Bagel Bash is a two to three hour breakfast held the morning a big cannabis conference opens. People arrive with a coffee in one hand and a business card in the other, and by the time the exhibit hall doors open they have already met the banker, the brand founder and the compliance attorney they were hoping to find on the floor.
Some Bashes include a few words from a host, a sponsor or a special guest, and some are pure schmoozing. Either way the heart of it is the same: good food, a room full of people who share something beyond the industry, and enough time to actually talk. It all started at MJBizCon in Las Vegas in December 2023, and MJBizCon is still the original Bash. Since then it has become a standing tradition at Hall of Flowers, NECANN, IgniteIt and the Long Island Capital Alliance.
Save the date: the Bagel Bash at MJBizCon in Las Vegas, Thursday, December 3. The invitation is coming soon, so get on the newsletter to hear first.
How a Bagel Bash works, and how to bring one to your conference
Our Q&A series on the Jewish identity and origin stories of people shaping cannabis, with questions by Josh Kasoff. It carries forward the spirit of our JewWhoTokes roots.
The psychedelic lawyer and JewWhoTokes founder on Judaic Studies at Brown, legal work at the Guggenheim, and how JewWhoTokes grew into the Jewish Healing Society.
The former High Times head of content on learning from Syracuse history classes, covering the War on Marijuana, and why weed history is worth retelling.
Why the AJ Legal attorney traded an early interest in criminal law for employment law, and what serving on Loyola University Chicago Law Review taught her.
From a costume party at a Manhattan dispensary in March to a beach club in Ventura and a bookstore cafe in Boston, here is the year so far.
RXR Corporate Center, Melville NY, 8 to 11 AM
Our first Long Island Bagel Bash, held in partnership with the Long Island Capital Alliance. Three hours of bagels, coffee and introductions at the RXR Corporate Center in Melville.
620 N La Salle Dr, Chicago IL
The second Windy City edition, held during IgniteIt 2026. Bagels, coffee, conversation and a little controlled chaos with industry mishpacha and allies.
502 Union St
A pre-show working session for retailers, brands, operators and media. A short opening talk, then small-group discussions on New York retail and brand dynamics.
Bagel Bashes, holiday parties and happy hours from 2026, in photos and video.
March 18 on the White House Beach Club patio, from the first coffee to the group photo.
March 2. Our second annual industry Purim party, with costumes, captain's hats and l'chaims.
September 18 at Pier 36, handing out a sweet new year one apple slice at a time.
September 25, our first Long Island Bash, from a Cybertruck full of bagels to tefillin.
Invitations land here first. Every issue also carries:
Sponsors make our gatherings, calls and connections possible all year long. 65 companies have backed Jews in Weed so far, from banks and law firms to genetics companies and software teams.
What reporters saw when they came for the bagels.
Jews in Weed, or JIW, is a year-round community for Jewish professionals across the legal cannabis industry and the allies who show up with them. It began after October 7, 2023, as a pre-Shabbat call, and it now gathers at conference Bagel Bashes, holiday parties and evening events, on that same monthly call, in a WhatsApp community and through a regular newsletter.
No. All are welcome. Hate is not. Jewish professionals are at the heart of the community, and allies have been part of it from the start. Today they make up nearly half of the people at our events.
Subscribe to the community calendar on our Get involved page, join the WhatsApp community, or sign up for the newsletter, where invitations go first. We also post every event on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Yes. Sponsors support the whole community, not just one breakfast. For 2027 there are four signature sponsorships, for the bagels, the lox, the monthly call and the event bracelets, plus Machers and single-event sponsorships. Write to high@jewsinweed.com to talk it through.
Cannabis is still a young industry, and much of it happens on the road: trade shows, regulatory hearings, launch parties, investor meetings. Jews in Weed gives the Jewish people in that world a place to find each other at every stop, whether they keep kosher or have not been to shul since their bar or bat mitzvah.
The community meets at the intersection of identity, cannabis and culture. That means a room where a dispensary owner from Queens can trade notes with a California grower, a cannabis banker can kvell about a friend's new brand, and a first-time attendee leaves with a dozen people to text at the next show.
