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Hello, this is Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4.

I'm Matthew Price. Every weekday we ask one big question about one big story.

Today... Today can young Jews celebrate their identity? My girl, I'm I said, now my son, now come a Barbie, let's go fire.

Ah, ah, oh, oh, come my Barbie, let's go fire. So that which is now probably firmly embedded in your brain for the next week

sorry about that is some Juravision it's one of the songs that was performed there and why we're talking about

Juravision is because of the rise of anti-Semitism. Right now there's a worrying trend in Europe, in America and elsewhere if you're Jewish you face a growing risk of being attacked.

Anti-Semitic attacks in the UK we've just learned are at a record high on average a hundred a month. 96 in the last year were

targeted at Jewish school children or staff in schools. Historically we know that

Jews have been attacked from all sides, the far right, the far left,

and that's what the news focuses on, but it doesn't paint the whole picture of Jewish life.

And Lucy and Amy, today today's producers have just got back from

somewhere that does where have you been?

Juravision? Just so you know I'm an Australian Jew and I'm neither.

Drew Vision is based off the Eurovision song contest, but instead of different countries competing,

it's different cities and regions competing in Germany. And there are 18 teams and they're made up of different cities in small

region and they battle it out for the Juravision title. They each do a

postcard from their city as well as a performance.

Amy told me about it about two weeks ago and I was like, I have to come to this.

It sounds amazing. And I have to say that I was not disappointed

it is probably the maddest thing I've ever been to in my life is kind of like a

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