(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
October 31, 2022
Tires Overload
October 30, 2022
The U.N.’s Double Standard On Nukes
If only the United Nations would live up to its charter! Then we might truly have a world of tolerance and international peace and security.
Is the United Nations really about bringing the nations of the world together?
Or is it about casting the Jews to the wolves?
(Source Photo: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-standing-near-body-of-water-2244330/)
The U.N.’s Double Standard On Nukes
A “Sign” of Good Synagogue Character
I was literally sitting in the synagogue and crying, watching the speaker sign and listening to the voice from the interpreter. I really believe that all our synagogues, schools, work places, and organizations need to better incorporate diversity and disability into the environment, and not just by paying meaningless lip-service to it, but by enabling everyone to come, feel welcome, participate, and be together as all children of G-d naturally should be.Finally, it was beautiful to have the synagogue let someone who was deaf have the pulpit and the ability to speak to us. It would be so awesome for everyone’s voice to be heard. We take our abilities (such as speaking, hearing, and being mobile) for granted. So let’s design the community with all the people in mind and give everyone a true voice. In the end, it’s not just what they say, but some things are communicated more than words.
(Source Photo: RODNAE Productions; https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-on-heart-sign-done-by-woman-10029313/)
A “Sign” of Good Synagogue Character
October 29, 2022
“Death Con” NEVER AGAIN
KanyeWest - I hope that you visit Auschwitz and think deeply about the hurtful, hateful anti-Semitic words that you said. Hopefully, you can change your rhetoric to feelings and words of love and brotherhood.
(Credit Photo: Adapted by Andy Blumenthal from public domain photo; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West#/media/File:Kanye_West_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival_(cropped).jpg
“Death Con” NEVER AGAIN
October 28, 2022
Ice Cream Face
Green and lime.
Face in the green ice cream.
Lime is the hat.
The cone is the body.
Makes you think about weirdness. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Ice Cream Face
October 27, 2022
Beautiful Cutting Boards
Love the mix of the colorful plastic with the wood and the stylish handles.
The only problem is that they are too nice to actually cut anything on. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Beautiful Cutting Boards
October 26, 2022
So You Think You Can Dance
Dancing in an endless tunnel of blue.
I can see the light! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
So You Think You Can Dance
October 25, 2022
Old World Refrigerator
Inside, I'd imagine you'd find stinky sardines, cans of open beer, and some half-eaten slices of pizza. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Old World Refrigerator
October 24, 2022
Old-Timer Car
Check out this old-timer car.
And that rusty tanish color, oy!
Who could love this thing? ;-)
(Credit Photo: Dossy Blumethal)
Old-Timer Car
October 23, 2022
Huge Pumpkin Overview
This seems like a pretty cool pumpkin photo! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Huge Pumpkin Overview
October 22, 2022
The Iranian Malachi Crunch
Aside from the threat of the Iranian nukes themselves, Israel has to contend with the two Iranian terrorist proxy groups, Hamas and Hezbollah, that have set Israel up for the dreaded and violent crunch. Israel needs to avoid being positioned in the middle of the attack that is sure to come. Instead, Israel will have to take out the enemy with strategic pinpoint attacks that disable not their derby cars, but rather their terror rockets and missiles. When the evil Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah are all dealt a staggering blow of epic proportions, then there will be happy days for Israel and the rest of the world, and please G-d, true peace and the arrival of Mashiach.
(Source Photo: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-demolition-derby-event-10634045/)
The Iranian Malachi Crunch
October 21, 2022
Sandwich Pillow
It actually looks good enough to eat (if it were kosher). ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Sandwich Pillow
October 20, 2022
Awesome Red Lamp
And the circular bowl is pretty great too. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Awesome Red Lamp
October 18, 2022
Halloween Planter Heads
These are some spooky succulents for sure.
Maybe better to repurpose these decorative planters for some yum chocolates for the kids! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Halloween Planter Heads
Beautiful Sunflower Mug
And sunflower daintily on the top of the handle.
Beautiful and special. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Beautiful Sunflower Mug
October 17, 2022
The Art of Friendship
My hope and prayer is that this is just a small microcosm of friendship and peace that can spread in all communities, societies, nations, and lands, so that we are no longer black or white, Jew, Muslim, or Christian, or any other divisive label, but rather that we are all children of G-d, and plain and simple, friends.
(Credit Photos: Andy and Dossy Blumenthal)
The Art of Friendship
October 16, 2022
Israel, Warrior Nation
(Source Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Givati_Recon_Company_at_Training.jpg)
Israel, Warrior Nation
October 14, 2022
Two Superheroes
October 13, 2022
October 11, 2022
Beautiful Asian Doors
Awesome Asian knockers.
Lock and handle.
Enter or not? ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Beautiful Asian Doors
October 10, 2022
Concrete Faith in a Flimsy Sukkah
Jews place their faith in G-d rather than massive building structures, the strongest foundations, and incalculable amounts of concrete and rebar. Instead, we sit in the flimsy and temporary sukkah to remember that G-d is our ultimate stronghold.
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Concrete Faith in a Flimsy Sukkah
October 9, 2022
The Apocalypse
It looked like it was ready for just about anything.
What fun to drive and pretend your "Mad Max"
Maybe you really are. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Itzchak O.)
The Apocalypse
October 8, 2022
Putin on the Precipice
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Putin on the Precipice
October 6, 2022
Customer Service Don'ts
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Customer Service Don'ts
October 5, 2022
Good Lookin' Strawberry Licorice
Just like we had as kids.
Yum yum! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Good Lookin' Strawberry Licorice
October 3, 2022
October 2, 2022
Worried About the Nukes?
Worried About the Nukes?
Can Love Be Blind?
(Source Photo: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-holding-a-lantern-7789180/)
Can Love Be Blind?
September 30, 2022
Walking the Dog in the Ocean
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Walking the Dog in the Ocean
September 29, 2022
Wanted Nice Customers
And everyone else for that matter.
Nice, nice, I said it twice! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Wanted Nice Customers
September 27, 2022
It's A Donut
Roundish / Squarish.
Hole.
Frosting.
Sprinkles.
Two Eyes for saying hello! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
It's A Donut
September 26, 2022
September 24, 2022
The Hypocrisy of False Repentance
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
The Hypocrisy of False Repentance
September 23, 2022
The Secret Sauce
September 22, 2022
Atypical Superman Hat
Superman cloth.
Blue ribbon.
Get a little attention or a lot! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Atypical Superman Hat
September 21, 2022
Look Who's Riding The DC Trains
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Look Who's Riding The DC Trains
September 20, 2022
Remembering the 2017 Riots in Washington, D.C.
Remembering the 2017 Riots in Washington, D.C.
September 19, 2022
Good Ol' Fashion Ice Cream Truck
That's a lot of ice cream and a lot of joy! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Good Ol' Fashion Ice Cream Truck
September 17, 2022
Putin’s Diabolical End Game
Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "Putin's Diabolical End Game."
(Source Photo: https://www.pexels.com/photo/huge-cooling-towers-in-nuclear-power-plant-4460676/)
Putin’s Diabolical End Game
September 16, 2022
The Real Unreal
They are "100% real Unreal" taste.
Sort of like the "genuine artificial gold" that the swim instructor promised us in camp when we were kids. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
The Real Unreal
September 15, 2022
September 14, 2022
Giant Build-A-Bear
Is he waving or about to reach out and take a big bite? ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Giant Build-A-Bear
September 13, 2022
Announcing my Second Book: For the Love of Israel
This book is about the incredible Jewish homeland of Israel. As the prophet Isaiah states (11:12), "He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth." This work is a reflection of my deep love and yearning for our Promised Land. This book is anchored in G-d's Biblical promise to the Jewish people for this amazing land, the decades of persecution culminating in the Holocaust that the Jews have endured, our miraculous national resurrection and return, the blossoming of the deserts and metamorphosis into a scientific, technological and military world power, and the hope and prayer for all us to be able to make Aliyah and for the completion of the Redemption and the coming of the Mashiach.
Announcing my Second Book: For the Love of Israel
September 11, 2022
Surviving Marriage Meshugas
At the end of the day, like all things, marriage is partially what you make of it and how hard you work at it. Remember, bringing two people together, even two halves of the same whole, can be challenging and requires understanding and compromise.
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Surviving Marriage Meshugas
September 9, 2022
Bear Baskets
You can put a happy face on almost anything! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Bear Baskets
September 8, 2022
Dumb-Looking Chicken
Dumb-Looking Chicken
September 7, 2022
Basket of Towels
You got your towels.
You got your detergent.
Now do the freakin wash. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Basket of Towels
September 6, 2022
Renaissance Festival 2022
Ring Toss for adults on horses.
Catching rings on lances (used for jousts) while on horseback,
Not quite a gladiator type performance. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Renaissance Festival 2022
September 5, 2022
September 4, 2022
Finding Truth in a Topsy-Turvy World
In terms of seeing the world and life clearly, you have a choice of how to live. You can choose to endlessly chase meaningless material things and the next physical high, or you can live your life with a deeper understanding that this world is just a corridor to the future world, where the “breath of life” from G-d returns to Him for everlasting revelation and reckoning.
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Finding Truth in a Topsy-Turvy World