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.
"There have been protests, marches, vigils, Facebook Live exchanges of opinion, and 'community conversations.' All of which are viable forums for sharing opinions, though none get to the crux of the matter… What will we do to ensure our community doesn’t find itself in this position again? How do we get beyond the trial?" —Dorothy Smoot, Executive Director of the Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio’s Community Police Partnering Center
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