Their names were Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. I encourage you to take a second and say their names out loud to yourself; they deserve to be heard and to be remembered.
The reason they now need to be remembered is because on May 21, 2025, they were murdered just outside of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. Nor was this some random murder during the commission of a robbery or other crime; they were murdered simply for being Jews.
Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, said the two victims were dating and on the verge of engagement. Leiter said Yaron had just purchased a ring with the intention of proposing to Sarah next week in Jerusalem. Fox News reports that the event at the museum was for young Jewish professionals who work in foreign policy and had a panel discussion focused on finding humanitarian solutions for Gaza.
That, though, apparently did not stop the accused killer, 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez, from approaching them out of the blue, pulling a gun and executing them in cold blood. He then is reported to have entered the museum shouting “Free! Free Palestine!”
True to form, it did not take long for the antisemitic, terrorist apologist machine to swing into high gear. Per the New York Post, “A prominent Palestinian author and activist callously ripped the two victims of the D.C. Jewish Museum shooting as ‘genocide cheerleaders’ in a series of hateful tweets — saying she was shocked the bloodshed hadn’t ‘happened sooner.’