Bagels, coffee and real introductions before the show floor opens. Jews in Weed brings founders, operators, attorneys, marketers and advocates together at the conferences you are already flying to.
RXR Corporate Center, Melville NY, 8 to 11 AM
Our first Long Island Bagel Bash, in partnership with the Long Island Capital Alliance. Three hours of bagels, coffee and introductions at the RXR Corporate Center in Melville.
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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.
There is no stage program to sit through. The format is simple on purpose: good food, a room full of people who share something beyond the industry, and enough time to actually talk. That is why the Bash has become a standing tradition at Hall of Flowers, NECANN, IgniteIt and now the Long Island Capital Alliance.
How a Bagel Bash works, and how to bring one to your conference
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.
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.
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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.
Hard Rock Hotel, Center Bar, Atlantic City NJ
An MJ Unpacked week hang with Accelerate Cannabis, built for the conversations that start after the panels end.
The Bagel Bash is the signature, but it is not the only room we fill.
Early-morning networking at major conferences nationwide, timed to end before the show begins.
Smaller working sessions with a short talk and group discussions, like our May session on New York retail and brand dynamics.
Purim at Torches NYC, a Hanukkah party at the THC NYC museum, and a Pesach greeting every spring.
Local meetups led by JIW regional chairs, plus partner hangs with groups like Accelerate Cannabis.
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.
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.
A physician trained at UMass Chan Medical School on how little plant medicine his education covered, and how he found his way back to it.
The drug policy reformer on keeping kosher, growing up the son of a rabbi, and the Middle East studies that came before his work on drugs.
65 companies have backed a Jews in Weed gathering, from banks and law firms to genetics companies and software teams.
What reporters saw when they came for the bagels.
Invitations land here first. Every issue also carries:
Jews in Weed, or JIW, is a community-driven network for Jewish professionals across the legal cannabis industry: executives and founders, consultants, creatives and advocates. We gather early in the morning at major cannabis conferences for the Bagel Bash, show up for Jewish holidays with parties like our annual Purim celebration, and keep everyone connected through a newsletter that lands twice a month.
No. Our invitations go out to industry mishpacha and allies, and our holiday parties are billed for the cannabis industry and friends. If you work in cannabis and you like good conversation before the show floor opens, you are welcome.
Join the newsletter. Invitations go there first, usually a few weeks before each Bash. We also post every event on Instagram and LinkedIn, and the full calendar lives on our events page.
Yes. Sponsors support the community at two levels, Big Machers and Machers, and many companies sponsor a single gathering in their own market. Write to high@jewsinweed.com and tell us which event or city you have in mind.
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.