Mary Anna (30
July 2012)
"Nearly 100,000 Jews
to gather in N.J. to celebrate completion of Talmud cycle"
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/nearly-100-000-jews-to-gather-in-n-j-to-celebrate-completion-of-talmud-cycle.premium-1.454493
Orthodox men and women, separated by a $250,000 mechitzah, to
attend the 12th Siyum Hashas, which will be held at MetLife
stadium; event dwarfs other American Jewish gatherings,
including those of AIPAC and Reform movement's biennial
gathering.
When Alexander Rapaport walked into New York's Madison Square
Garden with his father shortly before his bar mitzvah, in 1990,
for the 9th Siyum Hashas, or celebration of completing the
seven-and-a-half year cycle of daily Talmud study, he was
overwhelmed by the sight of 20,000 Jews gathered in one place.