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

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " A Poem for Noa Argamani ." Noa Argamani, a name etched in our hearts, T...

  Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Ten 'Points to Ponder' ." My dear father, Fred Blumenthal (ZT”...

Shabbat Shalom from Ms. Cat.  It only takes a day to change from a dog to cat.  Downs and ups of life.  Shabbat is the up, thank G...

I like this runner's shirt a lot.  It says: Courage is endurance for one moment more. Just when you feel that you cannot go on f...

Thought this was a funny title for a book: "Sh*t Happens So Get Over It." There are no perfect lives out there.  I reminded...

People are creatures of habit.  They form routines and function with relative comfort and efficiency within that.  And for the most pa...

I loved this explanation of the Book of Job by Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz. Why do bad things happen to good people? G-d answers by showing...

Thought this was an interesting photo at REI. It says behind the cash registers: People grow through experience if they meet life hone...

This was sort of a funny scene in a project meeting.  One person describing the challenges at one point, spontaneously and dramatically m...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, " Bar Mitzvah Speech Page 3 ." I wondered to myself how come this bar...

A quote from my role model Rocky:  It's not about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you get hit. And keep moving on. That...

This TEDx video is truly WOW! Definitely worth watching in full.   So many takeaways from this that I want to remember. - Three thing...

The Shema Yisrael. Hear O' Israel. The L-rd our G-d. The L-rd is one. The most sacred and fundamental of prayers in Judaism.  De...

Thought this was a really good perspective on fear. "You have two options: F orget E verything A nd R un Or F ace E verything...

Sometimes, we see people--especially on social media these days--and they look "all that!"--so happy, so loved, so rich, so with...

This was a funny sign to an Ethiopian cafe in downtown Washington, D.C.  "When Nothing Goes Right, Go Left." (and next to it...

Nobody likes to get or feel rejected--whether asking someone on a date, applying for a job, coming up with a new idea...you don't wa...

This year when ball drops in Time Square next week to usher in the New Year, it will be a little different than in prior years, because ...