When the organization was first formed, its aims were more modest, starting with making Israel’s Orthodox Chief Rabbinate more accessible. Earlier this month, the organization had its kosher certification approved by the Chief Rabbinate — and then revoked. JAG: To be provocative, is that then not an argument for getting rid of the Chief Rabbinate entirely and separate religion and state? RDS: It’s true that chief rabbis are elected politically, so they have a lot of foreign influence on them. And with all due respect to the Chief Rabbinate, it’s not such an important institution that it’s worth fighting for its destruction.