ד-פּאַקס<p>“The decision to not invite <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Rabbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rabbi</span></a> Jun-Ballaban was not based on his <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> identity, but rather on a fundamental divergence in values,” Smith wrote. “Our event is rooted in a commitment to challenging <a href="https://babka.social/tags/whitesupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitesupremacy</span></a>, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/ethniccleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethniccleansing</span></a>, and the ongoing harm against marginalized communities.”</p><p>Previously, according to private messages between Jun and Smith that Jun shared, his plan was to speak about the threat of white supremacy, which Smith said “would be perfect.”</p><p>Jun had even told his congregants that to “counter <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Nazism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazism</span></a>,” they would need to show up in spaces where they may feel uncomfortable. Since his dismissal by organizers, he said he feels differently."</p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2025/03/07/united-states/cincinnati-rabbi-disinvited-from-rally-against-nazis-over-his-support-for-israel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2025/03/07/united-stat</span><span class="invisible">es/cincinnati-rabbi-disinvited-from-rally-against-nazis-over-his-support-for-israel</span></a></p>