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

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Dear Ariel and Kfir ." Ariel and Kfir, ages four and nine months, our h...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Never a Peace With the Devil ." Neither coexistence nor peace has any m...

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

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, " Without Slavery and Genocide ." Coming out of the museum, my daught...

Check this out.  This is called an Iron Maiden. It is from Nuremberg, Germany.  This one is from Medieval times, but they w...

So there was a bar mitzvah in synagogue today.  It was very memorable, I think not only for the young man and his family, but for many o...

So you always hear about the techniques used when people are being tortured...one of them being have their nails ripped off. Ouch! So ...

Ok, admit it or not. This is certainly something that every man fears:  ~Castration Phobia~ Of course, I don't know what she...

So being imprisoned in torturously tight spaces and uncomfortable positions is...physically, mentally, and emotionally harrowing.  O...

So if you want to know who are the real animals in this world... It's people! If you can stomach it, watch this graphic video of e...

So here is the quote of the day (compliments of the Wall Street Journal )... From a woman fleeing the inhumane treatment in Mosul by ISI...

So walking down the street here yesterday, I ran into a sign and was handed a postcard, declaring: "Sin Awareness Day" Then ...

I was thinking of holding this photo for "the next" big terrorist attack (G-d forbid).  But it's just two days before 9/11...

Last night, my daughter and I watched the premier of the new miniseries, Roots (on the History Channel).  The story of American Slavery ...

In the gym this morning, I watched Joel Osteen giving his Sunday sermon on the monitor.  The guy is a genius--always on message, always ...

OMG, this is completely dysfunctional and embarrassing.  Can we stop the fighting among ourselves--Democrats and Republicans, Judeo-Chr...

So I had coffee with a wonderful gentleman this week. And he--like myself--is a child of Holocaust survivors.  Two quick stories he to...

So I am more the emotional type who cries at sad songs or heroic endeavors.  But with the hip surgery, I have to admit that I have had...

This little bird is singing pretty with his Coronoa. But this isn't always how we treat animals.  Some absolutely revere their ani...