Wembley Arena 'blown away' by Talmud celebration it hosted

Wembley Arena said it was “blown away” by the Talmud celebration it hosted earlier this week.

More than 6,750 people attended the siyum on Tuesday to mark the completion of the 13^th cycle of the Daf Yomi programme, in which participants cover the whole of the Babylonian Talmud by studying a folio a day over the course of seven and a half years.

Writing to the organisers, Becky Syrett, operations manager of the SSE Wembley Arena, said there was “not a single incidence of drunkenness, boisterous or rowdy behaviour. Not a single one”.

She said: “I have been at the Arena for 28 months and accommodated over 300 events in that time. Never have we had no incidence.”