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The official opening ceremony for the week-long display of the “No Discriminarás” (“Thou Shall Not Discriminate”) traveling art exhibit in Santiago, Chile, was held at the Jewish Museum of Chile on Thursday.
The event — co-organized by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), Jewish Museum of Chile, and Jewish Community of Chile — drew a distinguished crowd of 100 guests, with local government leaders (including Lo Barnechea Mayor Felipe Alessandri), Jewish communal figures, and foreign diplomats (including the ambassadors of Germany and Israel and representatives of the United States and Italy) among them.
The “No Discriminarás” 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 in Montevideo, Uruguay, Quito, Ecuador, and Panama City, Panama.
“The objective of the exhibit is to raise public awareness about the importance of fighting against different expressions of hate and discrimination,” CAM Director of Hispanic Affairs Shay Salamon said. “At CAM, we seek to continue denouncing antisemitism, and educating and inspiring more people to build bridges in the midst of differences.”
Following its stop in Santiago, the exhibit will next be displayed at the Municipal Museum in nearby Colina. Mayor of Colina Isabel Valenzuela visited Israel last year as a member of a solidarity delegation of Latin American mayors organized by CAM.
CAM’s outreach in Latin America began four years ago, and since then it has worked diligently to build meaningful partnerships and friendships with influential leaders, legislators, diplomats, community organizations, and civil society activists from a diverse assortment of religious, political and cultural backgrounds in the region to combat antisemitism together.
During this time, CAM en Español has emerged as a key player in the battle against Jew-hatred in Latin America, with a growing coalition involved in impactful activities in countries including Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador, and Bolivia, among others.
CAM en Español has organized regional summits hosted by Costa Rica in 2024 (where 18 countries were represented), Uruguay in 2023, Panama in 2022, and Guatemala in 2021.
This October, CAM will hold the fifth-annual Latin American Forum Against Antisemitism in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
