Singer alleges German hotel employee told him to put away his Star of David pendant

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Singer alleges German hotel employee told him to put away his Star of David pendant
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The hotel said in an email that it was 'concerned and alarmed by the intolerable accusations' by the singer, and was reaching out to him for more information.

A German-Israeli singer alleged that a hotel employee in the eastern German city of Leipzig told him to put away his Star of David pendant, and refused to allow him to check into the hotel while wearing it.Tuesday that showed him in front of the Westin hotel in Leipzig. In the video, he said a hotel employee had asked him to put away his Star of David pendant in order to check in.

In an email to the Associated Press, the Westin Leipzig said that it was"concerned and alarmed by the intolerable accusations of Mr. Ofarim" and was reaching out to him for more information.German-Israeli singer Gil Ofarim said a hotel employee in Germany had refused him service for wearing his Star of David necklace, and had asked him to put the pendant away before he could check into the hotel.

Ofarim's manager, Yvonne Probst, could not immediately be reached for comment. German news agency dpa quoted his management team as saying that Ofarim, 39, did not want to comment further publicly. In his Instagram video, Ofarim says he was standing in line to register at the hotel and noticed that people standing behind him received service well ahead of him.

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