They Came From Thousands of Miles Apart to DC and Found Love. Then Tragedy Struck
- On Wednesday evening in Washington, D.C., a gunman fatally shot Israeli Embassy staffers and a couple, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, outside the Capital Jewish Museum.
- The shooting took place as they were departing a gathering for young professionals organized by the American Jewish Committee, which aimed to explore collaboration among different faiths to provide humanitarian assistance in conflict-affected areas.
- Lischinsky, 30, held dual Israeli-German nationality, worked at the Israeli Embassy, and was days from proposing to Milgrim, who was 26, originally from Kansas and active in Jewish peace initiatives.
- Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter and multiple colleagues praised Lischinsky as an outstanding student and advocate for diplomacy, while Milgrim was remembered as a dedicated peacemaker committed to bridging divides.
- The killing underscores rising antisemitism and polarization in America and highlights urgent calls for security, tolerance, and sustained efforts toward interfaith and intercultural understanding.
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'It is awful. It is scary. It is maddening:' Local Jewish leader on deadly D.C. shooting
HOUSTON (KIAH) -- The deadly shooting of two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night happened after Yaron Lischinsky and Sara Milgrim left an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee. On Thursday, the Regional Director of the Houston Chapter of the AJC said that she and her co-workers are working from home "out of an abundance of caution" and not returning to their office until after Memorial Day. “It is awful," Rachel…
There is No Justification for Antisemitism
On Feb. 25, 1996, two young American Jews, Sarah Duker and Matthew Eisenfeld, were killed by the bomb of a Hamas terrorist in the streets of Jerusalem. They were students at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, where I was teaching at the time, on a year studying in Israel. They were about to be engaged. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Yesterday, Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were shot and killed on the streets of Washington, …
Welcome to the Intifada, America
by David Harsanyi at CDN - Now we know what “globalize the intifada” means. After a pro-Palestinian Marxist was arrested after shooting and killing Yaron Lischinsky, a German-born evangelical Christian, and his American girlfriend, Sarah Milgrim, in front of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., he chanted, “Free, free Palestine.” The murderer, who reportedly traveled from Chicago to kill two … Click to read the rest HERE-> Welcome to t…
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