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

  Please see my new articles in  The Times of Israel  called " Who Can Fill the Wise Man's Shoes? " Today, as we praise Hashem...

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Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Life is Full of Oohs and Ahs ." These are collectively the ah-ha moment...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " It's All in Your Perspective ." Learning is a lifelong pursuit. None...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Kosher in Body and Soul ." The essence of keeping kosher is not that we...

Is there a leader in the house? Anyone, anyone a leader here... I need to find a leader. Someone who I can look up to. Who feels d...

Finishing Natan Sharansky's book Fear No Evil .  And I rarely write twice on a book or movie, but this was so impactful.  First on...

There are two things to know. Know-how:  That's knowing how to do things yourself. Know-who:  That's knowing who to go to t...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, " The Magical Letters of Tishrei ." It is ingenious how the letters o...

So it's easy to get down on life when bad things happen.  But it's funny how when we just take a little perspective or in retrosp...

I liked this saying that I heard: "Outnumbered and outgunned, but not outsmarted." I think there is a lot of truth to thi...

There were 2 inspirational student speakers today at my daughter's graduation from American University. One spoke about how he got s...

Some thoughts today on what is wisdom: - Knowing you know nothing--and you can prove it (ah, humility)! - Knowing when to ask--like th...

I just loved this Asian sculpture that I found in this cool antique store. It was white and slim with a Asian man face, long beard, and ...

In synagogue today, we read from Pirkei Avot ("Ethics of Our Fathers"). And I talked with my friends at lunch about one passag...

A very smart speech today in synagogue by Rabbi Haim Ovadia.  He connected to this week's reading from Genesis in the Torah. It ...

I would imagine that very soon there will be ATA-boys, pats on the back and high-fives, photo ops, more gushing smiles, and of course...

Ok, we've all heard of "Death by PowerPoint" (well, I'm advocating death to PowerPoint). It's the unfortunate occ...

Before we get too rosy on the State of the Union... Fascinating article in Forbes on the threat from nuclear armageddon.  - The...

My sister-in-law sent over this beautiful prayer. It is a prayer of thanks to the Almighty. We thank G-d for: - Being with us and ...