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.