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

These are our new Shabbat candlestick holders.  So colorful, and full of nature and life, and it makes me happy.  I just wanted to giv...

Thought these artist renderings of the Trappist-1 Star were awesome.  NASA discovered this star and 7 Earth-size planets around it...

Love this exhibit by Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama, at the Hirshhorn Museum.  Unfortunately, they were out of passes for this special sh...

So I saw another homeless person yesterday eating out of the garbage on the street.  They had flipped open the top, reached in, pulled o...

So after the aborted Healthcare bill to replace failing Obamacare, President Trump tweeted about the alt-right's lack of support for t...

So I was watching Baahubali, the highest grossing movie in India, ever.  Enjoyed the Bollywood action and pageantry and am looking for...

So Obamacare is failing with rates spiraling up out of control and choices narrowing for people that need good affordable healthcare.  A...

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

While we should certainly help immigrant refugees and those in need, we also need to provide adequate vetting and border security for our ...

IT'S AN EPIDEMIC AT THE UNITED NATIONS. It's a most evil disease of the mind, body, and soul.  And it's called-- Jewp...

Normally, little girls dream of and are treated as the beautiful princesses that they are.  But not in Rockville, Maryland last Thursday...

So I'm hearing two opposing themes about the proposed federal budget cuts : 1) It's horrible because we are cutting into the bon...

There are big deadly weapons to worry about, such as weapons of mass destruction that come on an ICBM or even in a suitcase bomb to fright...

So perhaps the most damaging trait of failed leadership is hubris . When a leaders exhibits arrogance--bullies and degrades others, especi...

The Unjust, bigoted and hate-filled UN once again falsely condemns democratic Israel calling her an Apartheid state , when to the contrary...

So this was the entranceway to a store in Florida.  As you can see, the center mannequin is set up sitting in not a very modest way for ...

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

How low do some people go? So far this year, there have been over 100 bomb threats to Jewish community centers, synagogues, and schools--...

So this was one of those amazing types of photos--like a one in a million.  It was taken in Synagogue in front of the aron (ark) where t...

For some reason everyone wants to face down the bull in the China Shop or on Wall Street.  The bull is stubborn and when it gets angr...