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Ari (Ballaban) Jun — In Conversation

Rabbi Ari (Ballaban) Jun is the Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), which builds bridges between the Jewish and non-Jewish communities, advocates on behalf of the Jewish community and Israel, fights antisemitism, and promotes social justice. Ordained by Cincinnati’s Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 2015, he has served as rabbi-educator and assistant rabbi, and as director of Dayton’s JCRC.

May 12, 2023Fighting to Win as the Game ChangesWednesday evening, the Ohio House of Representatives passed a resolution essentially guara…
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April 28, 2023Go Ahead and Disagree with Me - I'm Listening!If you're like me, you were rocked by some political bombshells this week. In the space of…
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April 14, 2023Lessons Learned from the Seder PlatePassover is over, and I, for one, am happy to be reunited with chametz. Still, I have a tw…
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March 31, 2023The 🟦 Explained and How to be an Ally Against AntisemitismThere’s a good chance you’ve already seen this–🟦–symbol on TV, social medi…
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March 17, 2023Defining the Hate to Help Fight BackOn Wednesday, Cincinnati’s City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution recognizi…
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March 3, 2023We Need to Talk About IsraelThe past months in Israel have been chaotic.There have been tensions within the Israeli ma…
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February 17, 2023Worrying and Encouraging: Examining AJC's State of Antisemitism in America SurveyWe knew it was bad, and we knew it was getting worse—and still, the AJC’s State of Ant…
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February 3, 2023The Enduring Legacy of the Four ChaplainsToday marks the 80th anniversary of the Four Chaplains’ death. These men—First Lieuten…
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January 27, 2023JCRC Statement on the Killing of Tyre Nichols and Release of VideoThe following statement was released at 5:15pm on January 27, 2023The imminent release of …
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January 26, 2023Abortion, the Ballot, and Where We StandSince the overturning of Roe v. Wade, women’s right to abortion in the United States has…
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