JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli journalist was attacked in Moscow.
Unknown assailants attacked Dori Yaron, 32, a television reporter covering the Eurovision Song Contest, according to a report Tuesday by the Agency for Jewish News, the UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union reported.
Yaron was attacked at the Olympic sports complex, where the contest is being held and was taken to the hospital with a concussion. He reportedly said the attack may have been motivated by anti-Semitism.
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