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

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Putin on the Precipice ." Even though Yom Kippur has passed, as Jews, we...

  Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Putin's Diabolical End Game ." Russia, the iron-clawed bear, figh...

Don't be chicken.  Your goose is cooked.  Eat crow. Proud as a peacock. An ugly duckling. The early bird catches the worm.  One flew ove...

  Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, " If G-d Wouldn't Let Moshe In, Who Am I ?" Sure, we may not fully ...

  Way too many "leaders" like this:  I must see where my people are going, so that I can lead them. These are leaders that are muc...

What's it like to feel shame? In this life, it's having your head ripped around your body. Then in the next life, it's got to be...

Interesting sign: Take Risks Make Mistakes. And the "i" is missing in Mistakes! I didn't even take the risks, but I still made...

This is a wonderful example of horribly bad planning. The College of Architecture and Planning apparently didn't plan enough spa...

I can't help but see red. Red is the color of an apple and a strawberry Red is the color of blood and fire. Red is when you unfo...

Oops! I goofed watering the plants this week.  I got a new spray bottle from Home Depot and I put the Fantastic cleaner it in.  Thin...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, " Anger, Faith, and Growth ." We live in an unpredictable world a...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, " The Snake That Appeals To Your Gut ." The truth is, following one’...

So a friend told me something funny. It was about being given what appears to be a wonderful opportunity, but in reality it's not al...

Funny T-Shirt on solving computer problems: Does it work? Did you screw with it? Does anyone know? Can you blame anyone else? T...

It takes time to build in life.  Or as they say: "Rome wasn't built in a day." But it's not always easy to have pat...

Do you ever feel like you can do no right? That whatever you do or choose, you are opening yourself up to criticism by others or more im...

It's an interesting phenomenon between parents and children.  Parents (with G-d as the third partner) birth and raise their beautifu...

So had some disappointments recently. Nothing terrible (and for that I am so grateful).  Just life happening.  Have to fail and fail...

On a lighter note today, I took this photo of a couple watching their kids playing soccer. They are sitting in Dick's chairs.  His...

The news about the refugee crisis is truly heartwrenching.   My own parents and grandparents were refugees from the Holocaust who c...