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Illustrative: People hold a certificate after breaking the Guinness World Record for most nationalities in an exhibition soccer match organized by FIFA, in Rabat, Morocco, November 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
December 18, 2025, 11:40 pm
US Jewish legal group accuses Guinness records of consumer fraud for hiding ban on Israel
Louis D. Brandeis Center says company’s claim of documenting world records ‘materially misrepresents’ reality as entries from Israel, Palestinian territories blocked for 2 years
By Luke Tress and Zev Stub
The record-breaking 56th penalty kick that decided a soccer game between SC Dimona and Shimshon Tel Aviv in Dimona, May 20, 2024. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 22, 2024, 10:22 am
Israeli teams set soccer record with 56-kick shootout
Semifinal game between SC Dimona and Shimshon Tel Aviv drags on for over three hours as squads unable to best each other in mammoth penalty shootout
By Reuters and ToI Staff
An illustrative image showing an electric car charging while in motion using wireless charging infrastructure tech by Electreon. (Electreon)
May 26, 2023, 6:40 am
1,200 miles: Israeli startup Electreon sets record for longest drive by electric car
Vehicle travels for over 100 hours nonstop using wireless charging technology, company says
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of a world-record breaking Israeli flag made out of cookies on the floor of the Heritage Hall in Atlanta’s Congregation Beth Jacob, June 3, 2018. (YouTube)
June 5, 2018, 6:41 pm
Israeli flag made of cookies in Atlanta breaks Guinness record
Volunteers lay out 117,000 edible baked treats over 3,224 square feet to celebrate 70 years of Israel’s independence
By JTA
Israel's Netta Barzilai performing 'Toy' in the first Eurovision 2018 semifinal, May 8, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 27, 2018, 6:41 pm
Netta’s ‘Toy’ is most-watched Eurovision song on YouTube
With 58 million views, Israeli contest winner overtakes two entries from 2010 in a far shorter time
By Sue Surkes
The Semer Project performed at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, on Nov. 14, 2017 (Ilene Perlman/Jewish Arts Collaborative)
November 23, 2017, 10:14 pm
Saved in a musical ‘Noah’s Ark,’ pre-Holocaust Jewish music performed again live
A shellac disc trove of sacred — and very profane — pre-WWII music rescued 15 years ago spurs creation of an ensemble that honors slain musicians’ resistance to genocide
By Matt Lebovic
The 700-square-meter Beit Tefilah Israeli Sukkah at the Tel Aviv port, pictured here in 2016 (Courtesy Beit Tefilah Israeli)
October 4, 2017, 11:07 am
Tel Aviv hosts 25,000 visitors in ‘world’s largest sukkah’
Five-year tradition, hosted by pluralistic Beit Tefilah Israeli, seeks to bring ‘all the sectors of Israeli society’ under one roof
By Melanie Lidman
Yousef al-Bahtini, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy invited to break the record for 'fastest time to travel 20 meters in a contortion roll' by Guinness World Records, shows off his acrobatic skills at the seaport in Gaza City on September 20, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)
September 22, 2017, 6:56 pm
Palestinian contortionist seeks to flip record books
Yousef al-Bahtini, 12, aiming to do ‘The Roll’ in record time, become 2nd Gazan to enter Guinness book this year for contortion
By AFP and ToI Staff
In this Sunday, April 26, 2015 file photo, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya wins the Men's race in the 35th London Marathon. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
May 6, 2017, 10:20 am
Kipchoge just misses attempt to shatter two-hour marathon mark
Kenyan betters fastest time ever by more than 2 minutes, but won’t be considered official world record
By AFP
More than 1,100 children learned to make challah at Kids Mega Challah Bake in New York, January 12, 2016. (Benams Photo/Courtesy of Chabad via JTA)
January 15, 2016, 7:18 am
In NY, 1,100 kids break challah-baking record
More than 1,000 eggs, 1,000 pounds of flour and 7,000 ounces of water said used in Kids Mega Challah Bake
By JTA
Members of the Texas synagogue Ahavath Sholom put finishing touches on a Lego menorah, Dec. 6, 2015. (Courtesy of Ahavath Sholom via JTA)
December 10, 2015, 4:28 am
Giant Texas Lego menorah sets unofficial record
Almost 50,000 plastic bricks, brought in by Fort Worth synagogue’s members, allows hanukkiah to rise over 16 feet
By Julie Wiener
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