KOSHERKUSH

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Kosher Kush

DisputedIndica-leaningType I — caryophyllene/limonene
Most-cited cross
OG Kush × unknown
Breeders on record
DNA Genetics, Reserva Privada
Median THC
21.8% · 250 tests
Total terpenes
2.23%

Commonly reported: relaxed, happy, euphoric, sleepy · tastes earthy

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Type labels are reported marketing/morphology labels, not chemistry. Basis: type label.

Genetics

Family tree

Kosher Kush
  • OG KushVerified
    • unknown (Florida 'Supernaut'/'Krippy' bag seed)Well-supported
  • unknownVerified
  • Verified
  • Well-supported
  • Reported
  • Folklore
  • Disputed

Bred from Kosher Kush

24K GoldKosher DawgBaklavaSticky QueenChallah BreadFour Prophets3PeatGMO KosherHG23 AKA “Michael Jordan”Kosher HazeKosher Kush S1Kosher Kush x TangerineKosher PieKuntzNicole Kush S1Gold CookiesGolden FortuneHG23 Michael JordanKosherquake

Genetics

Lineage claims

  1. OG Kush × unknown

    Verified

    Tier A dossier kosher-kush

  2. OG Kush × undisclosed sativa

    Reported

    Tier A dossier kosher-kush

  3. Kosher Kush × OG Kush

    Reported

    Tier A dossier kosher-kush

Competing claims are shown side by side, never merged.

3 breeder versions (autoflowers, F2/S1/BX, remakes)
  • DNA Genetics: Kosher Kush × Kosher Kush (derivative (crosses the strain itself: F2/S1/BX/remake))
  • DNA Genetics: Kosher Kush × Kosher Kush (derivative (crosses the strain itself: F2/S1/BX/remake))
  • DNA Genetics: Kosher Kush × Kosher Kush (derivative (crosses the strain itself: F2/S1/BX/remake))

Lab data

Cannabinoids

Cannabinoid medians for Kosher Kush
  • THC21.8%n=250
  • CBG0.66%n=150
  • CBC0.05%n=100
  • CBD0.03%n=212
  • THCV0.00%n=53
  • CBN0.00%n=95

Bar = median; line = lowest to highest test. Public lab records; values vary by grower and lab.

Lab data

Terpenes

Terpene medians for Kosher Kush
  • Myrcene0.56%n=109
  • Limonene0.48%n=109
  • β-Caryophyllene0.33%n=109
  • Linalool0.20%n=109
  • β-Pinene0.10%n=96
  • Humulene0.10%n=109
  • α-Pinene0.06%n=109
  • Bisabolol0.04%n=105

Good for

Use cases

Use-case percentiles for Kosher Kush
  • Appetite89th
  • Sleep84th
  • Stress75th
  • Relaxation70th
  • Social48th
  • Pain45th
  • Energy36th
  • Clear-headed31th
  • Creativity29th
  • Focus21th

Percentile vs. other strains, from user-reported effects plus lab terpenes. Terpene links to effects are hypotheses with weak evidence; faded bars are terpene-only.

Awards

🏆 Cannabis cup record

  • #1

    HighLife Cup (Highlife Hemp Fair, Utrecht/Amsterdam) 2024

    Highlife Cup 2024 Winner Weed Overall · entered by Coffeeshop Dizzy Duck Downtown (Den Haag)

    reported · source

  • #1

    HighLife Cup (Highlife Hemp Fair, Utrecht/Amsterdam) 2024

    HighLife Cup 2024 Weed Overall Winner · entered by Dizzy Duck Downtown (Den Haag)

    reported · source

  • #1

    HighLife Cup (Highlife Hemp Fair, Utrecht/Amsterdam) 2024

    Oldskool Weed · entered by Dizzy Duck Downtown (Den Haag)

    reported · source

  • #1

    High Times Cannabis Cup / Medical Cannabis Cup (United States editions) 2023

    Indica Flower · entered by Harbor House Collective

    reported · source

  • #3

    Clouds in the City Cup 2022

    Best VIP Indica · entered by Coffeeshop 137

    reported · source

  • #1

    Clouds in the City Cup 2022

    Best Coffeeshops Strains · entered by Coffeeshop 137

    reported · source

  • #3

    Clouds in the City Cup 2022

    Best Coffeeshops Strains · entered by Het Gelderse

    reported · source

  • #2

    Clouds in the City Cup 2021

    Best Coffeeshop Flower · entered by Coffeeshop 137

    reported · source

  • #2

    Amsterdam Coffeeshop Awards 2021

    Best Indica · entered by Het Gelderse

    reported · source

  • #1

    Jack Herer Cup 2020

    Best Indica Flower · entered by Galaxy

    reported · source

  • #1

    Dope Cup 2018

    Best Pre-Roll – Runner Up · entered by The Virginia Company

    reported · source

  • #2

    HighLife Cup (Highlife Hemp Fair, Utrecht/Amsterdam) 2018

    Kush Strains · entered by Dizzy Duck, The Hague

    reported · source

  • #2

    Dope Cup 2017

    Best THC Wax · entered by Mahatma Concentrates

    reported · source

  • #1

    Dope Cup 2016

    Best Indica Dominant Flower Recreational · entered by So Fresh Farms

    reported · source

  • #2

    High Times Cannabis Cup / Medical Cannabis Cup (United States editions) 2016

    BEST INDICA FLOWER · entered by CannaCruz Collective

    reported · source

  • #2

    High Times Cannabis Cup / Medical Cannabis Cup (United States editions) 2015

    BEST US INDICA FLOWER · entered by Greenwolf LA with Kushco

    reported · source

  • #1

    High Times Cannabis Cup / Medical Cannabis Cup (United States editions) 2015

    BEST INDICA FLOWER · entered by Greenwolf LA with Kush Company

    reported · source

  • #2

    Blazers Cup 2015

    Best Indica · entered by New Amsterdam Naturals and CannaStarCA

    reported · source

  • #1

    High Times Cannabis Cup / Medical Cannabis Cup (United States editions) 2015

    BEST INDICA · entered by Greenwolf LA with Kush Company

    reported · source

  • #3

    High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam) 2014

    Indica by a Seed Company · entered by DNA Genetics

    ✓ official results · source

  • #2

    Treating Yourself Expo 2013

    Compassion Cup · entered by Rocky Mountain Kush/IMedicate

    reported · source

  • #3

    High Times Cannabis Cup / Medical Cannabis Cup (United States editions) 2013

    U.S. Mixed Flowes · entered by DNA Genetics

    reported · source

  • #2

    High Times Cannabis Cup / Medical Cannabis Cup (United States editions) 2013

    BEST MEDICAL CANNABIS HYBRID · entered by The Green Door

    reported · source

  • #3

    High Times Cannabis Cup / Medical Cannabis Cup (United States editions) 2012

    Indica Cup · entered by Magnolia Wellness

    reported · source

+4 more placings on record.

Dossier

History & sources

1. Summary

Kosher Kush is a Los Angeles OG-type clone that DNA Genetics (Don and Aaron) acquired from a crew of Jewish friends who called it "Jew Gold". DNA renamed it and released it in seed through its Reserva Privada line around 2010–2011.12 Don's own account in High Times (2011) is verified as his statement: "a group of Jewish kids in LA had this great herb that they were calling Jew Gold … we referred to it as the JG. In time, we acquired a cut from the JG crew — at a price, of course".1

Its genetics are disputed or unknown, and DNA has described them three different ways:

  • "OG Kush × Super Secret Sativa" (HT Dec 2011 seed review).2
  • "Kosher Kush × OG Kush" (HT Apr 2013).3
  • "OG Kush is the primary parent … the rest of the Kosher Kush parentage is unknown"; seeds are Kosher Kush × Kosher Kush (DNA site, 2026).4

The "blessed by a rabbi" tag is DNA's marketing lore. DNA stresses that Don and Aaron are "nonreligious on every level".12 Its Cup record is verified in High Times:

  • 1st Seed-Company Indica at the Amsterdam Cup in 2010, 2011 (a tie of Reserva Privada and Reserva Privada Colorado) and 2012, a "three-peat".563
  • A High Times Top 10 Strain of the Year in 2011.3
  • 3rd Seed-Company Indica in 2014.7
  • 1st Indica Flower at the 2015 SoCal Cup (Greenwolf LA/Kush Company).8

2. Identity

  • Names/aliases: Kosher Kush, "Jew Gold", "the JG", Kosher OG (informal), Kosher Kush Fem; related: Kosher Dawg, Holy Grail Kush (Kosher Kush × OG #18), Challah Bread.19
  • Type as reported: indica-dominant.4
  • Era: the clone was in LA in the 2000s; Leafly says DNA bred Kosher Kush in 2006. Its Amsterdam Cup debut was 2010; feminized seeds came "early 2011".101
  • Breeder: DNA Genetics / Reserva Privada (Don and Aaron); clone from an unnamed LA crew.1
  • Propagation: both.
  • Region: Los Angeles.

3. Genetics & lineage claims

3a. An LA OG-type clone ("Jew Gold") of unknown pedigree, acquired by DNA

Confidence: verified (as the breeder's statement of provenance).1

3b. OG Kush × "Super Secret Sativa"

Confidence: reported (DNA via HT 2011; the second parent is undisclosed).2

3c. Kosher Kush × OG Kush

Confidence: reported (HT 2013 seed listing; may describe a backcrossed seed line).3

3d. OG Kush primary parent, rest unknown (Kosher Kush × Kosher Kush seed)

Confidence: verified (DNA site 2026, as the breeder's current statement).4

3b–3d are the breeder's own shifting descriptions, recorded separately. Leafly (Devine) describes Kosher Kush as the first OG line on the European seed market.10

4. Timeline

  • 2006 — DNA breeds Kosher Kush (Leafly).10
  • 2010-11 — 23rd HT Cannabis Cup, Amsterdam: 1st Seed-Company Indica (Reserva Privada); public debut.511
  • 2011-11 — 24th Cup: 1st Indica, a tie of Reserva Privada and Reserva Privada Colorado. HT Top 10 Strain of 2011.6123
  • 2012-11 — 25th Cup: 1st Seed-Company Indica, a three-peat.313
  • 2014 — 3rd Seed-Company Indica (DNA).7
  • 2015 — SoCal Cup 1st Indica Flower (Greenwolf LA/Kush Company).8
  • 2012–2013 — Denver Medical Cup: Kosher Kush (The Clinic on Holly) Patients' Choice tie; Michigan 2014: Kosher Kush Dewaxed 2nd Concentrate.1415

5. Descendants (DNA catalog)

Holy Grail Kush = Kosher Kush × OG #18 (1st Hybrid tie at the 2011 Cup); Kosher Dawg = Stardawg (Guava) × Kosher Kush; Challah Bread, Golden Fortune, Four Prophets, GMO Kosher, Kosher Pie, HG23, 3Peat.916

6. Historical descriptions

2011–2013 (HT seed reviews): "over-the-top stinky", average yield; a "citrusy fuel odor" that "stinks right through the jar"; "all the kerosene-fuel odor of the clone-only Kushes of SoCal"; an impressive calyx-to-leaf ratio; a heavy feeder that will stretch, with Aaron advising pinching; 9–10 weeks.123 DNA 2026: up to 29% THC, 9–10 weeks; medicinal claims "untested".4

7. Cannabinoid & terpene profile

Caveat: strain names are not reliable chemotype identifiers.

DatasetNameTHC avgnTerpenes
Smith 202217Kosher Kush / Kosher20.6%160myrcene 0.60, limonene 0.49, caryophyllene 0.34, linalool 0.20 (n=109; total 2.36)
WA I-50218Kosher Kush namessee fragment159—
Current records19"Kosher Kush"21.6%250limonene 0.49, caryophyllene 0.38, myrcene 0.34, linalool 0.16 (n≈49)
DNA claim4—up to 29%——

8. Community sentiment

  • Pungent kerosene/citrus-fuel stink — common, positive.23
  • Potency and repeated Cup wins — common, positive.36
  • Name controversy — occasional. A 2011 HT letter accused the marketing of an antisemitic subtext, and Dan Skye responded.20
  • Heavy feeder, stretch — occasional, negative.2

Overall score: 80/100 (an estimate). Reddit not sampled.

9. Open questions

  • The genetics of the "JG" clone, and what DNA's "Super Secret Sativa" is.
  • Whether Leafly's 2006 date is when DNA acquired the clone or made the seeds.
  • Leafly's ratings for Kosher Kush (not retrieved).

10. Sources

Footnotes

  1. High Times #423, Apr 2011, 23rd Cannabis Cup coverage (DNA Genetics profile; Don's "Jew Gold" quote). Internet Archive OCR, item hightimes1974-2018 (Public Domain Mark). https://archive.org/details/hightimes1974-2018 — interview. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  2. High Times #431, Dec 2011, seed review "Kosher Kush (DNA Genetics)" (Lineage: OG Kush × Super Secret Sativa). archive.org hightimes1974-2018 — news. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  3. High Times #447, Apr 2013, 25th Cannabis Cup results (Seed Company Indica 1st Kosher Kush; Lineage: Kosher Kush × OG Kush). archive.org hightimes1974-2018 — news. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

  4. DNA Genetics, "Kosher Kush" strain page, accessed 2026-10-18. https://dnagenetics.com/strains/kosher-kush/ — breeder_statement. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  5. High Times #423, Apr 2011 (2010 Seed Company Indica 1st, Reserva Privada). archive.org hightimes1974-2018 — news. ↩ ↩2

  6. High Times #435, Apr 2012, 24th Cup coverage (back-to-back Indica wins). archive.org hightimes1974-2018 — news. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  7. Wikipedia, "Cannabis Cup" (2010–2012 1st Indica; 2014 3rd Seed Co Indica DNA). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_Cup — secondary_database. ↩ ↩2

  8. Leafly, "The 2015 SoCal Cannabis Cup winners". https://leafly.ca/news/strains-products/the-2015-socal-cannabis-cup-winners — news (opened by the OG Kush agent). ↩ ↩2

  9. DNA Genetics catalog entries (research/dataset/catalogs/dna-genetics.json), e.g. https://dnagenetics.com/product/kosher-dawg/ — seed_catalog. ↩ ↩2

  10. Leafly, Jimi Devine, "An Epoch of OG", updated 2024-04-09. https://www.leafly.com/wp-home/?p=167330 — news (opened by the OG Kush agent). ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  11. High Times #436, May 2012, "Earth's Strongest Strains" (Kosher Kush debut 2010, defended 2011). archive.org hightimes1974-2018 — news. ↩

  12. High Times #434, Mar 2012, DNA Genetics ad (2011 1st Indica tie Reserva Privada / RP Colorado). archive.org hightimes1974-2018 — seed_catalog. ↩

  13. High Times #447, Apr 2013 (Reserva Privada Indica Cup). archive.org hightimes1974-2018 — news. ↩

  14. High Times #440, Sep 2012, Denver Medical Cup (Kosher Kush, Patients' Choice tie). archive.org hightimes1974-2018 — news. ↩

  15. High Times #467, Dec 2014, Michigan Medical Cup (Kosher Kush Dewaxed). archive.org hightimes1974-2018 — news. ↩

  16. High Times #435, Apr 2012 (Holy Grail Kush = Kosher Kush × OG #18). archive.org hightimes1974-2018 — news. ↩

  17. Smith et al. 2022 (src-chem-smith2022-data). ↩

  18. WA I-502 (src-chem-wa-i502-jikomes2018). ↩

  19. Cannlytics + CT DCP, _computed_current_lab_stats.json — lab_dataset. ↩

  20. High Times #426, Jul 2011, letters (Dan Skye response on Kosher Kush price/naming). archive.org hightimes1974-2018 — news. ↩