Photographs and tributes are emerging of Yaron Lischinsky, 28, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, the staffers at the Israeli embassy to the U.S. gunned down by a terrorist outside a Jewish event in DC Wednesday night.
As Breitbart News reported, the two staffers were a romantic couple, and planned to announce their engagement next week. Lischinsky is a committed Christian and Milgrim is Jewish, according to reports.
Photos emerged of the two of them at social events around Washington, DC, including a party with Jewish professionals in the area for the recent Jewish holiday of Purim, which involves costumes and merriment.
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Other photos emerged of each of them separately:
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Profoundly shaken!
— Israel Heritage Foundation (IHF) (@IHF_Heritage) May 22, 2025
The IHF sadly announces the tragic murder by a cold blooded terrorist of Yaron Lischinsky in DC. Our _hearts ache_ for his loved ones. May his memory be a blessing #JusticeForYaron!
Seen here in a photo Yaron shared with President Herzog last November pic.twitter.com/6OvZqwWUKb
Yaron Lischinsky was the finest friend I’ve ever had, brilliant, kind, and endlessly thoughtful. A devout Christian and a gifted linguist, he spoke German, Hebrew, and Japanese. He was full of curiosity and always brimming with ideas. I don’t think we ever had a conversation that… pic.twitter.com/mSnliw9SkD
— Zineb Riboua (@zriboua) May 22, 2025
The Israeli embassy also released a photo:
Jewish law does not permit intermarriage, but considers the children of any Jewish mother to be Jewish, which would have enabled the couple to raise their children as Jews, should they have chosen to do so.
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