Ali Jubelirer, AJ Legal
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.
Highly Kosher Professionals: Q&As with Jewish leaders in cannabis
A Q&A series spotlighting the Jewish identity and origin stories of leaders across the cannabis world, in the spirit of our JewWhoTokes roots. Questions by Josh Kasoff.
All Highly Kosher Professionals conversations
John Shute, PufCreativ
How a fully online project management MBA from Norwich University became the operating system behind his agency, PufCreativ.
Laurie Parfitt
From political theory at Michigan State's James Madison College to a career in merchandising, and why systems thinking carried over.
Stu Zakim
A Boston University communications graduate on the nonprofit internship, a Jerry Lewis telethon included, that started a career in public relations.
Dr. Ethan Russo
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.
Stella Morrison
Raised Modern Orthodox, she describes finding her fullest Judaism by leading services and reading Torah and megillot.
Will Cohen, Tokin Jew
The Tokin Jew founder on bringing a Fortune 500 consulting and tech operations background to building a cannabis brand.
Luna Stower
The host of the California Bagel Bash on a Jewish identity rooted in culture, ancestry, questioning authority and showing up for community.
Ethan Nadelmann
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.
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Who gets featured in Highly Kosher Professionals?
People doing interesting work in cannabis who are willing to talk honestly about where they come from. So far that has included an employment attorney, a drug policy reformer, a physician and researcher, a PR veteran, an agency founder, a merchandiser, a brand founder, and community builders who host our events.
Every conversation covers two threads: the professional path that led into cannabis, and the Jewish identity that travels with it. Some grew up Modern Orthodox, one is the son of a rabbi, and others describe a Judaism that is cultural and values-driven more than religious.
How do I pitch a profile?
Nominate yourself or someone you admire. Send us a note with a line on who they are and why their story belongs in the series.