What you reduce to “the sake of feminsim” I call for the sake of dignity.

That’s a very good question, but the answer, of course, is explicit in halacha, Jewish law — yes, of course we do. But that’s not truly relevant here.

The reason why most men wear Tefillin only during morning prayers in our day is the same reason why women shouldn’t wear them. And as for the others, when a person takes on additional mitzvot, it is something done quietly and without fanfare. There is certainly no rabbinic opinion supporting women coming to the Western Wall to show off her Tallit and Tefillin, much less to go in a group, singing loudly, when there are men present who try to avoid hearing women sing.

While many members of the group may be sincere and well-meaning, the leadership has a very serious agenda, which does not end with “showing women how it should be done,” as offensive to us as that may be. Removing the mechitzah for the bulk of each day, and changing our definition of Judaism to conform to America’s, are certainly not mitzvot for any woman or man!