Chagall’s dreams of the Bible, which never left him, later manifested themselves in the twelve stained-glass windows that he created at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem (1960).

The exhibition “ Am Yisrael High: The Story of Jews and Cannabis ” will be opening on May 5, 2022, and run through December 2022 at the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research.

Eretz Yisrael, the land of Israel, is not only a physical place; it is a spiritual destination, a place of longing, the same locale that God commanded Abraham and all Jews to seek, a spiritual home.

The story of Jews and cannabis begins in ancient times and connects to religion, science, medicine and law. Numerous Jewish texts, including the Bible and the Talmud, reference cannabis.

Yisrael Kristal, 113, considered by Guinness World Records to be the world’s oldest man, celebrated his bar mitzvah 100 years after Jewish boys traditionally mark this rite of passage. The ceremony ...