Reply To: Would you choose army or kollel?

nechomah- i checked the articles you mentioned. What you neglected to say is that the instance of women singing was not some cabaret evening or a kumzits- it was on very specific days- YOm Hashoa, Yom Hazikaron and Yom ha-atzmaut. The army- I would venture- does not want to discriminate against women (you may not like that but this is official policy) and for soldiers to have earplgs would cheapen the occasion. You also did not quote the article which said that the army would allow the soldiers to bring a prayer book -or Tehillim- and read from it during the event.It is not even clear if a woman singing kaddish comes under prohibition of kol isha.so, you are making a mountain from a molehall.