The Jewish Chronicle

Who let Stacey in to sing?

December 10, 2009 10:30

Many of you will have watched our video of Stacey Solomon’s triumphant return to her alma mater, King Solomon High School in Essex. How the pupils hollered when the X-Factor finalist treated them to a mini-concert.

But what was the Dagenham diva doing singing at a United Synagogue school at all? What about kol ishah, the rabbinical ban on lads hearing a woman’s voice? I didn’t see the boys’ ears covered to protect them from the sweet siren’s song.

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