More than 500 University of Maryland students will spin dreidels today in the hopes of recapturing their Guinness World Record title – the NY Examiner reports. UMD students first captured the title in 2000 with 535 simultaneous spinners, but Temple Emmanuel, a New Jersey synagogue, stole the distinction in 2005 with 541 spinners. “This is our record. We need to defend our title,” said Rachel Farber, a UMD senior who also spun in the 2000 contest.
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Cute!
Truely earth-shattering
Plain and simple – WEIRD!!
It makes a nice change to read about something harmless & fun instead of death & destruction. We all need to lighten up (no Chanukah pun intended!)
Hope they get their record back!
So, where’s the update? 😉
i think the mir yerushaliem could pull off 5000!
University of Maryland is not UMD. It is UMUC or UMBC (depending on which branch…just thought I would point that out 🙂
What a potential for Kiruv!
Justsmile613 I hate to be so blunt to say you are wrong.
University of Maryland is UMD. Also Known As University of Maryland, Also Known As University of Maryland, College PaRK.
UMUC is University of Maryland University College Also Known As University of Maryland Night School.
UMBC is University of Maryland Baltimore County.
They are three seperate schools(although UMD and UMUC share SOME parts of the same campus.)They are not “Branches”, they are all affiliates of the University System of Maryland.
You are right except for the UMD part…never heard it refered to as UMD.
justsmile613 – its frequently called that. after all its website is http://www.umd.edu