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German-Israeli singer Gil Ofarim in 2018. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

German singer to donate to Holocaust charities after hate-crime hoax

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German-Israeli singer Gil Ofarim admitted in court in Leipzig last week that he made up a claim of antisemitism against two hotel employees in October 2021. In the emotional clip that he posted two years ago on...
The synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Oct. 22, 2019. Credit: ArTono/Shutterstock.

German anti-Semitism, real and perceived

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There were more than 2,000 reported anti-Semitic incidents in Germany in 2020 and just under 2,000 the previous year. That’s around or five or six incidents, some of them involving violence or verbal abuse,...
Gil Ofarim in 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

German Jewish singer at crux of anti-Semitic hotel incident accused of fabricating story

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Gil Ofarim, the German Israeli singer who accused the Westin Hotel in Leipzig, Germany, of refusing him service because he wore a Star of David pendant is now being accused of fabricating the story. Hotel surveillance video released to...
The Westin hotel in Leipzig, Germany. Source: Tripadvisor.

Hotel in Leipzig, Germany, rebuffs Jewish singer for wearing Star of David

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Hundreds of people, some draped in Israeli flags, stood outside the Westin in Leipzig, Germany, on Tuesday night to protest an alleged incident of anti-Semitism at the hotel. Now, at least one major Jewish...