The North Manchester Jewish Youth Project has published a report that shows half of Jewish boys aged 12 to 18 and more than a third of Jewish girls in the city encountered anti-Semitism last year.
The project is desperate to step up its work to help Mancunian Jews fight worsening attitudes towards the religion. But its survival will come under threat when a six-year, 300,000 Lottery grant that accounts for more than half of its income comes to an end in August.
Director Sharon Bannister said: "If we fold we would be failing young Jews. We have asked them what they want: not to respond would be unforgivable."
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