Katy Perry. Anti-Semitic father?
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Jewish group blasts Katy Perry's father
Wiesenthal Center denounces anti-Semitic remarks made by pop star's father Keith Hudson, an evangelical minister, linking Jews to wealth. 'If you take out LA from his rant, most people would guess that Hitler or Goebbels was speaking'
The Simon Wiesenthal Center on Monday denounced anti-Semitic remarks Keith Hudson, an evangelical minister and the father of pop star Katy Perry, made during a sermon at Church On The Rise in Westlake, Ohio.
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"You know how to make the Jew jealous? Have some money, honey," Hudson allegedly said to the congregants.
He added that "you go to LA and they own all the Rolex and diamond places. Walk down a part of LA where we live and it is so rich it smells….You ever smell rich? They are all Jews, hallelujah. Amen."
“If you take out 'LA' from his rant, most people would guess that Hitler or Goebbels was speaking,” said Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Wiesenthal Center.
“It’s hard to believe that something good that could emanate from the mouth of a preacher who is filled with such bigotry and hatred,” Hier added.
