Jacob's Ladder

Jacob’s Ladder returns with rocking, upscale show - but was this the last iteration?

It’s unlikely that Jacob’s Ladder will be back for its former summer extravaganzas. But we can hope that the weekend in Kfar Blum was enough of a success to change its course.

|ByBRIAN BLUM
MAPLE & THE ECOSYSTEM
'OF LADDERS and Angels,' mixed media canvas, 136x104 cm., 2023.

Parashat Vayetze: Of ladders and angels

The Zohar says that Jacob’s ladder is a metaphor for the experience of prayer. Our job is to climb the ladder of prayer rung by rung until we reach where “the Lord was standing over him.”

|ByMEIRA RAANAN, ESTHER CAMERON
SHIRAN SHAHAR BOREK

Jacob’s Ladder Festival is back and better than ever

The festival, dubbed “Israel’s Friendliest Music Festival,” will take place March 24-25 at Kfar Blum’s Pastoral Hotel in the Upper Galilee.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
José de Ribera - Jacob's Dream

Parashat Vayetze: Religion and belongingness

Identity is partially composed of our personal traits, values, achievements, dreams and aspirations. However, these components form only one part of our identity.

|ByMOSHE TARAGIN

Parashat Vayetze: Self-knowledge as a path to God

How does Jacob discern God’s presence from a dream?

NOVEMBER 11, 2021ByDAVID WOLPE
José de Ribera - Jacob's Dream

Did climate change kill the Jacob’s Ladder music festival?

All outdoor festivals now have to comply with much stricter – and more costly – regulations.

NOVEMBER 21, 2019ByBRIAN BLUM
‘THAT SAID, the final chord of Jacob’s Ladder has yet to be played.’

Jacob’s Ladder music festival closes down

Annual Anglo gathering for over 4 decades sunk by rising costs, growing bureaucracy.

NOVEMBER 12, 2019ByDAVID BRINN
Celebrants at the Jacob's Ladder music festival.

Dar Williams to hold four shows in Israel

The folk singer is set to appear around Israel and at the Jacob's Ladder Festival.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018ByAMY SPIRO
Music artist Jackson Browne (L) and Dar Williams perform during The Community Foundation For Southern Arizona's Fund For Civility, Respect, And Understanding benefit concert in Tucson, Arizona March 10, 2011

Jacob's ladder: a newbie gets into the groove

It’s Jacob’s Ladder 2018 and, as you read this, the merriment at Kibbutz Ginosar on Lake Kinneret is well under way.

MAY 9, 2018ByBRIAN BLUM
MIKA SADE, a breakout artist at Jacob’s Ladder 2017, is performing as part of the Kim in the Sun band