Israel, Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim
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2 Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in Washington Shooting
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Both victims were embassy employees, who were about to get engaged; couple worked and advocated for Israeli-Arab coexistence
Lischinsky, a 30-year-old Israeli citizen, had deep ties to his country’s Messianic Jewish community.
A couple working at Israel’s embassy in Washington D.C. who were killed by a gunman were about to become engaged.Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were attacked late on Wednesday night while leaving an event at a Jewish museum,
The message we are giving is, what would Sarah want us to do? What would she whisper in our ears now? She would say, ‘More light, more love. Don’t fight darkness with more darkness.’”
WASHINGTON—Hudson Institute released the following statement on the loss of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim: “Hudson mourns the loss of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, murdered last night outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington,
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, whom Israeli officials said were soon to become engaged, both worked at the Israeli embassy.
Milgrim, then a 17-year-old senior, voiced her concerns about the sickening messages and symbols — which included a swastika — that were painted on a storage shed on the campus of Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kan., in February 2017.
Yoni Kalim was at the American Jewish Committee event on Wednesday night at the Capital Jewish Museum and spent time with Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim before they were tragically gunned down.
Sarah grew up in our community. She celebrated with us, learned with us and inspired us with her integrity and purpose."