"For six years, Gady Levy, executive director of the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center in #Manhattan, has had a dream: to host the world’s largest #Shabbat dinner.
The previous record, documented by the #GuinnessBook of World Records, was set in Berlin in 2015, when 2,322 people gathered for a #Shabbatmeal during the European Maccabi Games.
Now, this fall, Levy aims to top that with The Big Shabbat, a massive #Shabbatdinner to be held on Friday, Nov. 21 at Javits North, the newest addition to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center at 445 11th Avenue. More than 3,000 people are expected to attend the event, which Temple Emanu-El is organizing in partnership with UJA-Federation of #NewYork. It will include a meal “curated” by celebrated #Jewish foodies Adeena Sussman, Jake Cohen, Joan Nathan and Beejhy Barhany."
https://www.jta.org/2025/07/28/ny/the-goal-of-this-nyc-shabbat-dinner-break-a-world-record
