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

Thank you to my wonderful children and to Hashem for all his mercy.  (Credit Photo: Minna Blumenthal)

Happy 4th of July!

Beautiful flowers for a beautiful day! In this painting, art does a wonderful job imitating life.  I love the flower pot as well as the flow...

Beautiful song after the prayer, Modeh Ani that Jews say every morning immediately when we wake up.  I give thanks to You, living and eterna...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, " Sukkot: A Time of Divine Protection ." Sukkot is the Jewish Festival o...

People often give money for "charity" but then force the institutions to call the buildings or parts thereof by their donor'...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, " Every Little Thing ."  Every little thing that Hashem provides f...

So this week, I managed to check off 1 item from my bucket list.  I replaced an almost 16-year old 4Runner with a new car that I had bee...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, " Jews, The People of Thanksgiving ." This week was Thanksgiving (חג ...

Thought this was a pretty cool Passover Haggadah.  Shaped like a wine bottle! Sort of sets the stage for the four cups of wine at...

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...

So I learned a new holiday terms today.  Of course, you know about Thanksgiving--when we celebrate with our family all the wonderful t...

I loved Chabad Rabbi Schneur Kaplan's speech today in synagogue. It was about how we can learn to be happy with what we have in life...

Took a nice walk with my honey. Down the Bethesda Trolley Trail. Needs a little repaving work. But it's nice lush green at this ...

It's the old saying, "Is the glass half empty or half full?" You can be a positive Peter or a negative Nellie.  Your cho...

Thank you to Congregation Magen David for a wonderful end of Passover party. The family, new friends, music, singing, dancing, and food m...

So surgery was yesterday around 11 am. I was asleep under anesthesia before I ever even got to the operating room, so can't remember...

Two reflections from this week: 1. Listen to understand: I heard a colleague talk about the importance of listening. There wasn't r...

Going to a restaurant the other night, I stepped into the men's room for a minute and noticed this sticker on the right of the mirror ...

This deer and I had a staring contest this morning, and I lost. The deer didn't let me get too close, before he ran off into the woo...