Drama from the land of the germs and industrial mass genocide. No not China . Germany! And yes, a Jew is the center of attention.

So basically some literally who jewish musician called "Gil Doron Reichstadt Ofarim", claimed anti semitism after an incident in Leipzig, an eastern Europoor wannabe metropolis, in which he claims he was denied check in due to his star of david necklace. Media is reeeeeing, the Hotel put both employees invlolved in vacation, one of them is suing for defamation, no one has any idea whats happening. There were some small scale protests outside the hotel, the hotel tried and failed to apologize. Funnily enough no one knows what really happened and mister Ofarim could very well be totally blowing things out of proportion who knows. This is developing drama, so I might just do an update post, but this is what I got this far and I cant be assed to dive deeper. Anyway here is an article about the topic translated to English.

"Leipzig hotel leaves employees after accusations of anti-Semitism

Singer Gil Ofarim had complained about anti-Semitic hostility, the hotel has now put two employees on leave. The main accused filed charges of defamation.

After accusations of anti-Semitism by the musician Gil Ofarim, the Leipzig Westin Hotel has put two employees on leave. This initially applies to the duration of the police investigation, said a spokeswoman for the Marriott group. According to a spokesman, the Leipzig police are examining a complaint from an uninvolved third party on suspicion of sedition.

Ofarim himself has not filed a complaint so far - but the hotel employee he has accused has: he portrayed the incident "significantly different from the artist's omissions," said a police spokesman. People in the social networks would also have expressed themselves completely unleashed to the hotel staff. The hotel employee therefore filed charges of defamation and threat.

The Leipzig public prosecutor announced that the allegations against the hotel employee would be "comprehensively examined for their criminal relevance". So far, there is no information about him in connection with right-wing and anti-Semitic crimes. The employee himself received threatening messages via Instagram, the authority said.

"I think you should just not shut up anymore."

Ofarim reported in an Instagram video that on Monday he was asked at the hotel to remove his chain with a Star of David . He was said to have been told that he was only allowed to check in when he took off the star.

He would have liked support from other guests, said the musician on Bild TV . Nobody around him said anything. "It is not the first incident in my life in which I have been confronted with xenophobia, with anti-Semitism . But I think: once too much," said Ofarim.

He is glad that he made the incident public. "I think you should just not shut up and let it go. I would only have wished that I hadn't been alone at the moment and that other guests might have overheard."

Ofarim is considering filing a criminal complaint, according to his management. Ofarim said he has not yet received an apology from the hotel. "My management only received an email that they would like to exchange ideas, talk to each other. But I did not receive a statement on this case, I received no apology, nothing at all."

A spokesman for the hotel said they were concerned about the report and were taking the matter extremely seriously. The company is trying to contact Ofarim to find out what happened. The aim is to include, respect and support all guests and employees regardless of their religion.

Protests will Westin Hotel

After the incident became known, hundreds of people gathered in front of the hotel in Leipzig on Tuesday evening to show their solidarity with the singer. The left action alliance Leipzig takes place had called for the spontaneous rally. The incident also caused outrage in politics and society.

The Central Council of Jews in Germany was appalled. At the same time, the Central Council criticized the hotel's reaction to the incident. On Tuesday evening, employees held up a banner in front of the building on which the flag of Israel and the Islamic crescent could be seen in addition to the hotel name. "After the anti-Semitic hostility towards a Jew in Germany, the hotel can think of nothing else than to print the Israeli flag and symbols of Islam on a banner," said the President of the Central Council, Josef Schuster, of the dpa news agency.

Gil Ofarim is the son of Israel- born singer Abi Ofarim, who died in 2018. Gil Ofarim is known as an actor and singer. In 2017 he won the RTL dance show Let's Dance ."