Many religious Jews are up in arms about this because it's a deliberate twisting of customs and rules that many pple take very seriously, not to mention the uncomfortable fact of choosing the garb of another pple who are out to kill us. There is a very real fear that this new "custom" could catch and and Gd forbid become some kind of norm.

So, i can understand for the average American Reform Jew, this turn of events means absolutely nothing so why can't we just "live and let live". But for religious pple both in Israel and in America, this is a very disturbing trend that could directly affect our everyday lives, even those who don't live in this small community (btw, it's not that small. Charedi communities have a million kids, even the small ones). That's why we care.