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![]() Andy BlumenthalThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
It is easy to overlook the good people who exist in a world where abusers and con artists, gangs and cartels, terrorists and war lords, despots and...
In this brief video, there are three stories from my recent Caribbean vacation, which include a conversation with a waiter about peace between...
People never fail to amaze me in both their potential as well as in their idiosyncrasies. But the last number of weeks have really brought home that...
While missiles from the terrorists in Gaza have been raining on Israel this past week, and this is a serious threat, we need to keep our eye on the...
G-d works in mysterious ways, but occasionally He reveals Himself to us to impart His holiness and perfection to the world. As we know, seven...
Many Israelis have real concerns about the direction of the State of Israel, which include the accountability of leadership; control over Jewish...
In materialistic cultures around the world, it is all too easy to get greedy and caught up in the drive for big, fancy things: houses, cars, jewelry,...
As Jews, we know that eating kosher (on par with keeping the Shabbat) is one of the most fundamental aspects of Judaism and our religious identity....
My wife always reminds me of when she was a little girl and she was so fondly a part of the Chabad children’s Tzivos Hashem (“Servant Army of...
The United States is Israel’s greatest ally in the world. So, it is troubling that the U.S. seems to be losing much of its deterrent powers on the...
I was getting a routine blood test on Friday for my annual physical, and what I didn’t expect was the mouthful that I got from the phlebotomist. ...
Alt-leftists have been protesting against judicial reform in Israel for ten weeks. At first, this seemed like just another political disagreement, but...
This week, riot police had to save Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She was being held hostage in a hair salon...
Speaking with an executive colleague of mine, I asked him at one point, “Did you ever think when you were younger that you would grow up and become...
Having studied and read the biographies of almost every Israeli Prime Minister since the country was founded in 1948, I can say without a doubt that...
In 2021, William Shatner (who played the famous Captain Kirk of the Starship Enterprise from the hit show Star Trek) was the oldest person at age 90...
The U.S. was able to destroy the Chinese spy balloon that had flown into our airspace and been flying over our country unhindered since at least...
Bibi is back as Prime Minister of Israel, and with him comes an ironclad promise not to let Iran threaten Israel with the bomb. While everyone is...
My dear father, Fred Blumenthal (ZT”L), like many from his generation, used to read Reader’s Digest. I remember that there was a section called...
Who is the biggest liar in America today? You’d be hard-pressed not to answer US House Representative George Santos (R-NY). Although some would say,...
I am getting in the swimming pool one day this week, and a fellow swim buddy stops me, and he says to me all agitated, “Do you know that some young...
This week, we found out that Russia is sending fighter planes and other advanced military equipment to Iran. This is on top of Iran’s ongoing...
At a South Florida Chabad synagogue during Shabbat Kiddush, I find myself sitting across from a couple, Beny Schonfeld and his wife. Casually, in...
Recently, I thought about giving peace a chance, and I picked up My Promised Land by Ari Shavit, a well-known peace activist. Overall, I was impressed...
If you love fresh waffles and you love chicken and beef, you’ll love Mordy Menkes and his new South Florida kosher food truck business called Wild...
One of the Rebbe’s most important messages, according to Rabbi Schneur Kaplan of the Downtown Jewish Center Chabad (DJCC), is to do mitzvot and...
This week’s news reports that Celine Dion, the best-selling Canadian and French recording artist, has been diagnosed with Stiff-person syndrome, a...
Hanukkah, also known as the “Festival of Lights,” is a Jewish holiday that celebrates how the Jews were saved from the Greeks and the miracle of...
It used to be that young Jewish men and women went on dates and generally treated each other respectfully and civilly as they explored whether there...