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Our Hemperor was born on the 18th of June in the year 1939, almost two years after cannabis sativas prohibition in the United States of which he was born, In New York. He was the youngest of his parents 3 children. The eldest is his brother Harvey, and in the middle of the boys was born his sister .

About our Hemperor Herer

He was born a Polish Jew. His family were strong rooted in the "Traditional Hebrew beliefs", teachings & practices, unlike most Jews youre likely to meet, especially in America today he'd say with a chuckle. His family are direct descent of the Leviticus (Priest) lines of Isreal, and his great grandfather was also the head antor of Europe short after the turn of the century.

He had 5 biological children from 2 of his 4 marriages, three sons ( Barry the eldest, followed by Daniel, and then little Markie) from his first wife Vera, and then 2 biological children (Chanci which is his only biological daughter, and then Bene Joaquin "BJ") from his second wife Vanetta. Vanetta had a daughter before meeting him which he came to love and claim as is own (River Walker) and was the "only reason I married that crazy woman in the first place". River was the only one who genuinely loved and Respected our Hemperor, followed by the one he thought would prove to be his savior, his youngest son BJ. The rest had absolutely NO respect or consideration for him or his lifestyle or goals, period - contrary to most's beliefs!

Our Hemperor spent the first part of his life living according to societies dictation. He served 3 years in the US Army during and in Post War Korea where he was a Military Police officer and had a blast being one! He did various jobs such as making business advertisement signs, but nothing seemed to make him happy.

Near the ending of 1969, our Hemperor found his destiny in the cannabis liberation movement with new best friend Captn. Ed Adair, and together they vowed to "Fight every single day of our lives until it was legal, we turned 84, or we died." And so they did. 

 

Our Hemperor became many things at that point, a freedom fighting activist on behlaf of the plant family cannabis, fighting to liberate the sibling Sativa which was outlawed in 1937, and an author of the now "Coloring book" titled "GRass" in the year 1973.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By the early 1980's our Hemperor was found guilty of registering voters after dark on feeral propert, and was sentenced to serve time in Federal prison since he'd Refused to pay a $5.00 fine for having done so purely out of principle~

 

This is where he would make his forever legend... this is where he began his most renoun book "The Emperor Wears No Clothes", which was finally published professionally in the year 1985.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              This book is what would lead our Hemperor into such titles as:

"The Founding Father of the Modern day Cannabis Movement" as well as "The Godfather of". "The Moses of" and a great many others that still honorably proceed him to date.

 

Captn. Ed passed away in 1991 from Luekemia, and our Hemperor continued on, determined to keep his vow of promise to his best friend.

Our Hemperor continued attempting to edicate the world about the plant family cannabis, and all it could do for the world and all living beings upon her.

 

He began first traveling the United States preeching the miracles to be had in the plant, and soon, he was traveling the entire globe.

In addition to the Emperor book, last published by him in it's 11th Edition, our Hemperor also spent well over 25 years studying about his heritage in the Hebrew traditions, and though down-played as it might be, he wrote another book titled :The Most High" with co-author Mr. James Arthur who later passed away in prison, leaving Jack alone to finish his book for publish.

 

This is the book he never ot to professionally publish - THIS is the book his estranged wife and children did NOT want made public in ANY way shape or form... This book, is why he is not with us today... he was MURDERE in an attempt to keep this book from ever being made known, especially by we his people, the "Real family, not my Legal ones" as hed refer to us - he wants and made ME Promise to keep hold of it, keep it Away from his "legal family", and most importantly to him above all "Get this out to my people - it's more important than the Emperor!"

 

 

Soldiers of Jah Ministries are HONORED to have established our ministries off the teachings of Jah & our lead reverend's "Abba" (second father - figure) Hemperor Jack Herer, and we are Proud to have preserved his unpublished canon "The Most High", and to teach and share it with you, our brotha's & sista's thru he and his community, the cannabis community in what's being quickly nick-named "The Jack Herer Church", aka Soldiers of Jah Ministries!

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