{"id":29181,"date":"2026-06-02T21:19:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/29181\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:19:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:19:26","slug":"sorry-there-are-no-jews-allowed-israelis-denied-booking-at-german-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/29181\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sorry, there are no Jews allowed&#8217;: Israelis denied booking at German hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli tourists were recently denied accommodation at a hotel in southern Germany after receiving a message through an online booking site stating, \u201cSorry, there are no Jews allowed in our hotel,\u201d the Israeli Consulate in Munich said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The guests were refused by the Hotel zum Hirschen in Lam, Bavaria, according to the Ynet news site, which said a review of the message confirmed its authenticity.<\/p>\n<p>The report did not specify when the message was sent.<\/p>\n<p>The tourists filed a complaint with the Bavarian Justice Ministry\u2019s commissioner for combating antisemitism, the report added.<\/p>\n<p>The guests also filed complaints with Booking.com, which has temporarily removed the property from its platform.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tGet The Times of Israel&#8217;s Daily Edition<br \/>\n\t\t\tby email and never miss our top stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tBy signing up, you agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/terms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">terms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre we back in the 1930s?\u201d asked Israeli Consul General Talya Lador, sharing the message in a German-language post on social media.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Sind wir wieder in den 1930er Jahren? Ein Hotel hat einem Israeli folgendes geantwortet: \u201esorry, there are no Jews allowed in our hotel\u201c. <br \/>Ich bin froh dar\u00fcber, dass <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bookingcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@bookingcom<\/a> dieses Hotel von seiner Homepage verbannt hat. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3hiBEK1dse\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3hiBEK1dse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Talya Lador (@TalyaLador) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TalyaLador\/status\/2061819276256759816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Germany continues to face persistently high levels of antisemitism, with 2,197 anti-Jewish incidents recorded in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/berlin-saw-record-2267-antisemitic-crimes-in-2025-report-shows\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Berlin alone<\/a> in 2025, according to a report published Wednesday by the German government\u2019s antisemitism watchdog. The figure was down about 13 percent from 2,521 incidents the previous year, but remained more than double pre-October 7, 2023, levels.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe threat to Jewish life is worse than at any time since the Holocaust,\u201d Hesse antisemitism commissioner Uwe Becker said in a statement following the report.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s incident also comes amid a wave of recent hostility towards Israeli and Jewish tourists abroad, marking the third incident in as many weeks of hotels or spas refusing entry to Jewish or Israeli guests.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, two Jewish American women said they were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/two-jewish-women-denied-entry-to-barcelona-sauna-over-star-of-david-necklaces\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">denied entry<\/a> to a Barcelona sauna because they were wearing Star of David necklaces. 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