Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

A peaceful, healthy, prosperous, sweet, and happy Shabbat Shalom and Jewish New Year!  Please G-d let it all be great!  ;-) (Credit Graphic:...

Memorial for the 23,741 fallen soldiers and 3,150 victims of terror.  Brave, strong, and dedicated to the survival of Israel.  May t...

What an amazing birthday gift from my beautiful kids.  A model of the awesome Merkava IV battle tank from Israel.  They know how much ...

I like this saying and wanted to share it: "The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately." Yes, this is the home o...

Today, Jerusalem has been recognized as the capital of Israel--Mazel tov! - 70 years after President Truman instructed the State Depa...

I read about this amazing " Spiritual Communications Board " that Chaplain Joel Nightingale Berning invented for New York-Presby...

Took a little hike on Sunday through Sligo Creek.  It was an absolutely gorgeous day.  Walking along the creek, we saw a mothe...

Here's my next encounter today with mystical number 613 (the number of Commandments in the Torah). This is the sign on the bus shelt...

So there is a disappointing editorial in the Sunday New York Times Review Section today.  It is by Christopher Chabris and Joshua Hart...

As per my previous blogs on the mystical number 613 (corresponding to the G-d's commandments in the Torah), today we have a technologi...

I took this photo in the local Judaica store. It is a Hamsa--a palm-shaped amulet symbolizing the hand of G-d--and it is supposed to bri...

So proud of Minna graduating from University of Maryland today.  And in only 3 1/2 years...record time, while she worked an internship...

Wanted to share this beautiful picture The mother is ushering in Shabbat. The children are gathered around. The father is in synag...

In 8 years of blogging, I don't think I have ever written twice about the same topic in a single day--but today, I am appalled.  ...

I am dedicating my 2001st blog post to my 6 million! Jewish brothers and sisters who were murdered in the Holocaust.  May G-d have me...

We went to synagogue yesterday and the Sukkot celebration today at Chabad in Downtown Fort Lauderdale. Such lovely warm and welcomin...

We are here today to remember and honor my mother, Gerda Blumenthal, who passed away on Monday.   My mother was my personal heroine, ...

Two reflections from this week: 1. Listen to understand: I heard a colleague talk about the importance of listening. There wasn't r...

Remember, the catchy old Burger King commercial about "Have it your way"(where you can order the burger any way you want, no prob...

This is a picture of my beautiful mother.  My daughter Minna found this picture in one of our old albums and made it new again with her ...