Binghamton U. students say they’re the top dreidel spinners [VIDEO]

Published on December 11, 2012

Jewish students at Binghamton University in upstate New York say they have documentation to prove that they broke the Guinness World Record for dreidel spinning.

World’s largest falafel ball is certified

Published on May 16, 2011

A falafel ball weighing nearly 52.8 pounds created at a Jewish food festival in California has been certified as the world's largest. The falafel ball was certified on Sunday for submission to the Guinness Book of World Records at the Santa Clarita Valley Jewish Food and Cultural Festival, the Los Angeles Daily News reported. The ball, made of ground chickpeas and fava beans, also measured 12.5 inches high.

UPDATE: Chef to try for falafel ball record at Santa Clarita fest

Published on May 10, 2011

The Santa Clarita Valley could become home to the world’s largest falafel ball on May 15, when local chef Dawn Walker tries to craft and cook a deep-fried chickpea patty that will outweigh the 24-pound falafel ball that set the record a year ago in New York. Part of the third annual Santa Clarita Valley Jewish Food and Cultural Festival, Walker’s attempt will be documented for the Guinness Book of World Records. If a test run held two weeks before the event is any indication, the ball could end up weighing as much as 50 pounds.

Israeli chess grandmaster achieves world record

Published on October 22, 2010

An Israeli chess grandmaster bested an Iranian's world record by is playing 527 ranked chess players simultaneously in Tel Aviv and winning 87 percent of the games.

Santa Monica Synagogue set its dreidels on a world record [VIDEO]

By Jay Firestone
Published on December 29, 2008

They came, they signed up, they spun