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.
“This is the most important lesson in these trying times: we cannot give up. We must have these tough conversations, and Jews must remain civically engaged.” –Alicia Harris
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