Sarah Milgrim, a 26-year-old from Kansas, and Yaron Lischinsky, 30, an Israeli diplomat who grew up in Germany, found love while working at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. Their story was one of hope, diplomacy, and a future built together until tragedy struck.
On May 21, 2025, as the couple exited the Capital Jewish Museum, both were fatally shot in what investigators believe was a targeted attack. Sarah was gunned down simply because she was Israeli. Yaron, her boyfriend, was killed alongside her. He had planned to propose the following week during a trip to Jerusalem.
“They were a beautiful couple,” said Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter. “We lost not only two bright lives, but the future they were building.”
The attack has left the international diplomatic community in mourning and raised concerns about targeted antisemitic violence. The motive remains under investigation.
“This was Sarah Milgrim,” one colleague wrote online. “She was kind, brilliant, full of purpose — and taken because of who she was.”