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

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "T he Eternal War With Amalek ." This is the enduring test of humanity: t...

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...

Wow, I am so impressed with my daughter. I spoke with her this evening and she has grown into such a smart, mature, and good person.  ...

What makes meaning in life? Faith. Family. Friends. Love. Giving. Integrity.  Purpose. Learning.  Growth. Struggle.  ...

Here's the big controversy in our synagogue this week.  The Rabbi is having a Purim open house and he invited everyone to bring a ...

My wife told me something good today (first time ever, haha).   There are three types of conflicts: 1) Between Man and Himself -- the...

In The New York Times today, David Brooks presents “two sets of virtues, the resume virtue and the eulogy virtue.” The resume virtues a...

There is something very smart about Buddhist-thinking.  (And frankly IMHO, can conceptually mesh very well with Judaism.) Buddhists no...

I finished reading the bestseller Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander M.D. -- and it was awesome.  Alexander, trained in rational, scient...

So I was swimming in the pool and noticed a dad playing with his kids in the shallow section.  One kid--the littler and younger one--was...

Meaningful in life and in leadership... “The spirit of a warrior is not geared to indulging and complaining, nor is it geared to wi...