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The Combat Antisemitism Movement’s “No Discriminarás” (“Thou Shall Not Discriminate”) traveling art exhibit was displayed this week at a Yom HaShoah (Israel’s national Holocaust remembrance day) commemoration event at the Adela Reta National Auditorium in Montevideo, Uruguay.
The gathering, organized by Kehila — Israelite Community of Uruguay with the support of CAM en Español, drew 2,000 attendees, including Acting President of Uruguay Beatriz Argimón, as well as numerous government officials, lawmakers, diplomats (with Israeli Ambassador to Uruguay Michal Hershkovitz among them), community leaders, journalists, and activists of all ages.
Argimón was led on a tour of the “No Discriminarás” exhibit by CAM Director of Hispanic Outreach Shay Salamon and said she was “very impressed” by it.
Our art exhibition “No Discriminaras” was on display on Yom Hashoah at an event organized by the Kehila – Israelite Community of Uruguay at the Adela Reta National Auditorium (Sodre) in Montevideo (Uruguay).
Attending were the current President of Uruguay, the former President,… pic.twitter.com/X0TTS4Wdza
— Combat Antisemitism Movement (@CombatASemitism) May 8, 2024
The exhibit — created by Argentine artist Adrián Franco, known as “Pati,” and sponsored by CAM — features a set of sketched vignettes portraying different manifestations of contemporary Jew-hatred, ranging from negative stereotyping of Jews to Holocaust denial, based on the the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism’s 11 examples.
It was previously put on public display last year in Quito, Ecuador, and Panama City, Panama, and its message has since taken on new resonance in the aftermath of the October 7th massacre in Israel and the global surge of antisemitism it triggered.
“The objective of the exhibition is to raise public awareness about the importance of fighting against different expressions of hate and discrimination,” Salamon said. “At CAM, we seek to continue denouncing antisemitism, and educating and inspiring more people to build bridges in the midst of differences.”