Chair of the CAM Advisory Board for Latin America Pilar Rahola and CAM Director of Hispanic Affairs Shay Salamon speak at an event in San Diego, California.

CAM en Español Delegation Visits San Diego in Inaugural Outreach Campaign to Hispanic Americans

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A CAM en Español delegation recently visited San Diego, California, as part of an inaugural outreach campaign to Hispanic Americans.

The delegation included CAM Director of Hispanic Affairs Shay Salamon and Catalan journalist and Chair of the CAM Advisory Board for Latin America Pilar Rahola, and came on the heels of a two-day Mexico tour and the fourth-annual Latin American Forum Against Antisemitism in Costa Rica.

While in San Diego, Salamon and Rahola participated in a series of activities organized by the Ken Jewish Community.

The main event was held in cooperation with the Beth Eliyahu synagogue and Am Israel Jai organization at the San Diego Jewish Academy, with more than 300 community members in attendance.

At the gathering, Salamon led a discussion with Rahola in which she offered her insights on global antisemitism trends and outlined CAM’s regional activities across the Americas.

Chair of the CAM Advisory Board for Latin America Pilar Rahola and CAM Director of Hispanic Affairs Shay Salamon speak at an event in San Diego, California.

The San Diego visit also included meetings with local non-Jewish female leaders, as well as sit-downs with other community figures and stakeholders.

“Since the beginning of CAM en Español, we have led numerous initiatives for the Hispanic American audience, but this is the first time we have visited and directly engaged with a local Latino community in the U.S.,” the Uruguay-based Salamon said. “I was pleasantly surprised by the level of communal organization and the commitment to Israel, as well as with the vibrancy of Jewish life. We look forward to expanding this effort to other Latino communities throughout the U.S.”

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