Apparently it’s an RPG, but it’s also like The Sims and Civilization… and it has a biblical setting. And it’s being created by Germans? [Religion Dispatches]
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says that peace is an “unattainable goal.” Someone remind me why this jackass is the FM. [JTA]
In a case that could go to the Supreme Court, the highest court of Maryland is currently hearing arguments in the case of an Orthodox Jew who was penalized for not attending a court date scheduled on a Jewish holiday. [Baltimore Sun]
Over 100,000 Israelis signed a petition to keep Chareidim from moving daylight savings time. Something about it causing traffic accidents. But I think Israelis are perfectly capable of causing traffic accidents on their own, regardless of what the sun is doing. [JTA]
One Israeli thinks the key to a higher standard of living for Ethiopian Israelis is a high tech education. Asher Elias has started a school to teach Ethiopians a high tech skill set. [Haaretz]
In a rare story of Israel building bridges with a group of non-Jews, here’s the oddball story of a center for the recording of Australian Aboriginal oral histories, funded by the Israeli embassy. [JTA]
