German singer Gil Ofarim stands in the courtroom in Leipzig. Photograph: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP A German pop singer has admitted in court that he invented claims he faced discrimination at a hotel because he is Jewish. In October 2021, Gil Ofarim posted a tearful video to Instagram, claiming he had been the target of anti-Semitic abuse at a Leipzig hotel. Holding up to the camera a Star of David chain he was wearing, Ofarim claimed a staff member had told him that, if he wanted to check in, he should “put away the star”. “He told me, if I...