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

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Queen Esther's Legacy of Faith ." At its core, the story of Esther ...

My wife said she was inspired by me and something I said over the weekend. She created this meme based on what I said.  I couldn't be ha...

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 ...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Finding Truth in a Topsy-Turvy World ."  In terms of seeing the world a...

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 " Testing Our Faith ." In short, I think it’s healthy for us as human bein...

These rocks are holding their own against the tide.  They are also standing the test of time.  We all need to push back against the ti...

So as we have done for ages... We pray. We weep. We bless.  We request. We thank.   We only control what we say and do. The...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, " Making The Impossible, Possible ." Even though the Jewish people a...

Sometimes the glass is not half full or half empty.  But rather is spills over entirely.  There is nothing, nothing left inside.  Wo...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, " The Good Things In Life Are Challenging ." "Everything t...

G-d gives us strength.  To battle ignorance, apathy, and evil.  To educate, persuade, influence, and fight for what's right. ...

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

So this past Shabbat, there was a wonderful guest speaker at Aish, Rav Gav(riel) Friedman.  He was a very lively speaker and with a lo...

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

I was reading Vladimir Jabotinsky's "Story of My Life." And there is this quote that I really like attributed to Kipling i...

So I received an email last night from the teacher of my Ulpan class.  She was passing along a message from a wonderful man in class let...

The world challenges us all the time.  Yes, the world functions based on the "laws of nature," scientific facts, and mathemati...

So someone reminded me about stress and pressure in life.  They said: Pressure makes diamonds. Diamonds are of the most beautiful an...

Please see my new article in The Times Of Israel called, "In The Blink Of An Eye."  It all seems to happen in the blink of an ...