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

(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " It's All in Your Perspective ." Learning is a lifelong pursuit. None...

Wow, thank you Hashem! 1,000 days trying to learn Hebrew.  I still have such a long way to go.  But as they say, it's the journey.  ;-) ...

  Wow, a friend sent this to me from FaceBook. It shows that the Hebrew word for  Israel  is actually made up of the first letters of all th...

This is my new Tefillin and Talit bag for daily morning prayers.  It even has a beautiful siddur (prayer book) inside and my Hebrew name on ...

Beautiful song after the prayer, Modeh Ani that Jews say every morning immediately when we wake up.  I give thanks to You, living and eterna...

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Shavuot and Chag Sameach! (Credit Graphic: Andy Blumenthal)

My daughter had a great idea for improving on our Hebrew language skills.  Start small...as in children's books.  She got a few of t...

Great song:  David and Shaul  from Ehud Banay's third album, ”The Third/Hashlishi” The song is about the "bipolar" feelings...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, " The Magical Letters of Tishrei ." It is ingenious how the letters o...

So this guy in my Ulpan class brought in these bookmarks for us that he makes. He takes these Israeli stamps like the one for Judge...

And Even In Hiding By Yaakov Shwekey & Kobi Peretz Even though I am walking through the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evi...

Love these strawberries (i.e. Tutim) from Israel.  (Hebrew classes are paying off...) Large, red, and sweet to eat.  They look so ap...

In Remembrance of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Observance) today: This is a beautiful Hebrew song about Anne Frank who at age 13 went into hid...

So who would've thought that Dr. Seuss's "Green Eggs and Ham" comes in Hebrew.  I watched this video, and loved it! It...

It was so nice tonight at Ulpan.  Morah Degani had a special night planned for us tonight to celebrate Chanukah.  She called me up to ...

This was a beautiful song that we learned this week in Ulpan. I love it--being Jewish and the song!  ;-)

When I am for myself And you are not with me What am I when I am separate? For I am a Jew I do not go alone Just with you, my friend...

I am so excited to play this edition of Monopoly Jerusalem edition.  The properties of obviously from famous places in the Holy City of ...