Andy (Avraham) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Finding Strength in Difficult Times ." There are countless shakeups and...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " When Politics Gets Personal ." Not unlike the deep political divide in ...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Looking Beyond the Superficial ." We are all much more than our physica...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Kosher in Body and Soul ." The essence of keeping kosher is not that we...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Can Love Be Blind ?" As long as in this material world, the body hides ...

Wow, this is an incredibly moving depiction of the destruction of the holy Temple in Jerusalem.  May G-d have mercy and renew our times as o...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Why I Cry At Circumcisions ." Circumcision reminds me of Abraham, our f...

  Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Teaching Our Children To Be Good Jews ." What happened to genuine fait...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Synagogue Politics ." Clearly, the mobile sanctuary and later the Holy ...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " When Hypocrisy Leads to Abuse ." As many of you, I have been following t...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " G-d Doesn't Ask Us ." Truly, in whatever situations we find ourselv...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Shabbat: Time Vs. Space ." When we choose to keep the Sabbath, we mark ...

Beautiful Shabbat is almost here again.  A time for rest and rejuvenation.  Each of us has to take care of and nourish our body, min...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, " What's Your Fantasy Synagogue ." We all go to synagogues that w...

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As I heard recently in a movie: "When someone is shooting at you, you know their intentions." Sounds simple right? But oft...

Last night, as Tisha B'Av (the commemoration of the destruction of the first and second Holy Temples in Jerusalem) was nearing conc...

Please see my new article, Naked Before G-d , in The Times of Israel.  "In such a G-dly place [as the Kotel], where we are all spir...

I thought this was a really special Jewish clock I saw in the store yesterday.  It promotes holiness and sanctity in the family. Mikva...

Thank you so much to Rabbi Schneur Kaplan for his wonderful speech today in Downtown Jewish Center Chabad synagogue, Fort Lauderdale. He...