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Andy Blumenthal

May 31, 2026, 8:06 AM

Mamdani’s Enablers

We saw a disturbing display of political theater at Gracie Mansion recently. A crowd of progressive Jewish New Yorkers packed a Pre-Shavuot reception hosted by Mayor Zohran Mamdani. They smiled for photos and ate cheesecake, completely ignoring the mayor’s...

Andy Blumenthal

May 17, 2026, 8:16 AM

Why I Came Back to Shul

For years, one of the absolute best perks of returning regularly to synagogue has been rediscovering a very specific, distinctly Jewish superpower: our humor. It’s warm, deeply self-aware, and forged through millennia of practicing the art of the collective...

Apr 26, 2026, 7:34 AM

Making Israel ‘Or Le’Yisrael’ Again

BEHAB (בה”ב) starts next Monday. Behab, a Hebrew acronym for the days Monday, Thursday, and Monday, refers to an ancient post-festival observance following the shalosh regalim—Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot. This observance was rooted in the concern that the intense joy...

Andy Blumenthal

Apr 24, 2026, 8:45 PM

Israel at 78: The Future It Must Build

This week, Israel marked its 78th Independence Day. For me, it was not an abstract commemoration—it was something lived, witnessed, and deeply felt across two distinct yet connected moments. At my grandchild’s school, children marched with Israeli flags, singing with...

Apr 24, 2026, 3:28 AM

Wherever you turn, God is there!

In a fascinating discourse on parshas Acharei Mos, the Alter Rebbe plumbs the depths of the concept of teshuva, which, as we know, is simply defined as “repentance,” but in its more literal and genuine translation, means “return.” The...

Apr 16, 2026, 9:03 AM

Acute Angles: I badmouthed my rabbi – do I need to ask his forgiveness?

Dear Rabbi Ingram. I spoke lashon ha-ra to a friend about my rabbi about two months ago. I don’t know what got into me as I like my rabbi and he is always pleasant and helpful to me when...

Apr 5, 2026, 3:39 PM

For many years my mother refused to drive a Volkswagen. Though I was too young to understand it at the time, eventually I did. She was a Holocaust survivor from Germany, a woman whose entire family had been murdered by...

Mar 23, 2026, 12:45 AM

Showing Trump Some Empathy

My Dearest Mr. President, It is with a heavy heart that I write to you asking for forgiveness for all the cold-hearted columns I have written about you in the last 11 years. I am truly, truly sorry…. I am confident that...

Mar 16, 2026, 1:14 PM

Shabbat Shuva Sheni: A Proposition

After doing a meaningful Shabbat in Yerushalayim — beautiful davening, good wine, uplifting learning, lunch with new friends who canceled their flights because they felt, “How could we leave now?” — followed by a run to the mamad with...

Andy Blumenthal

Mar 15, 2026, 2:15 AM

You Reap What You Sow

A Week of Escalating Terror This past week, we witnessed a terrifying escalation in the relentless tide of antisemitism. From three separate synagogue shootings in Canada to a harrowing attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan—where 140 innocent children...

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