An anti-Semitic song version of “Little Red Riding Hood” has been removed from a compact disc, and the recording artist has apologized but not before it soared to No.3 on the list of the top 10 hits.
The song was called “Joods Kapje” (Little Jewish Riding Hood). In it, the grandmother is filthy rich and has a very large hooked nose.
A complaint lodged by CIDI, the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, got the song withdrawn.
According to spokesman Ronny Naftaniel, the same CD contained other anti-Semitic innuendoes, but the center decided not to press the matter.
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