Flash! As a result of fearless and intelligent intelligence your intrepid reporter has uncovered an authentically fictive memorandum from the inner sanctum and nerve center of Women of the Wall presented here exclusively for the faithful readers of this column:
Top-Secret Memorandum to WoW:
We are winning the battle for the Wall but we must not rest on our laurels. The next major battleground involves not merely our right to wear a tallis at the Wall but our right to wear a proper modern tallis[rp2] one that is appropriate for the 21st century. And a modern tallis is one without those strings — what the ultra-Orthodox call “tzitzis.”
This is a cause whose time has come. We must fight for the right to wear our own kind of tallis one that is stylish and fashionable — not the kind dictated by the ultras. No longer shall they decree what is and what is not acceptable prayer attire.
In addition we demand custom made tallises for every individual. We will no longer tolerate the current one-size-fits-all tallis absurdity. Our feminine self-respect demands individualized tallises.
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