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CBS News
6 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Family of Sarah Milgrim speaks out in first network TV interview since fatal D.C. Jewish museum shooting: "Sarah molded us"
The family of Sarah Milgrim, one of the two Israeli Embassy staffers who was shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., last month, is remembering her as courageous, strong and striving for peace. Milgrim's parents, Robert and Nancy, and her older brother, Jacob, spoke to CBS News' Jonah Kaplan for their first network TV interview since the shooting about how they're processing their grief, Sarah's mission to promote peace in the Middle East and the rise in antisemitism in the United States. "Usually, a parent tries to mold their child. Sarah molded us," Robert Milgrim said. "She was a stronger person than I ever was." "I told Nancy after this happened that I'm a different person now than before this happened, from learning so much about what Sarah did and her courage and her striving for peace," he said. Wednesday marks two weeks since Milgrim and her boyfriend, Yaron Lischinsky, who also worked for the Israeli Embassy, were shot and killed as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum. Law enforcement officials described the attack as "targeted" and said the suspect shouted "Free Palestine" as he was being detained. He has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and other crimes. The interview with the Milgrim family airs Wednesday on "CBS Mornings" and "CBS Evening News."
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Israeli Embassy staff members fatally shot were about to get engaged
The victims of a fatal shooting outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., have been identified as a young couple who worked at the Israeli Embassy and were on the verge of getting engaged. The Israeli Foreign Ministry identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, and referred to them both as embassy staff members. The Israeli Embassy said the pair were "in the prime of their lives." "No words can express the depth of our grief and horror at this devastating loss," the embassy said in a statement on social media. "Our hearts are with their families, and the embassy will be by their side during this terrible time." Yechiel Leiter, Israel's ambassador to the U.S., told reporters the pair was a "beautiful couple," and said Lischinsky had purchased an engagement ring "with the intention of proposing to his girlfriend next week in Jerusalem." World leaders quickly condemned the slayings. Sarah Lynn Milgrim Sarah Lynn Milgrim's father, Robert Milgrim, said she started working for the embassy in November 2023 after earning a bachelor's degree at Kansas University and two master's degrees — one at American University in Washington, D.C., and the other at the United Nations for Peace University in Costa Rica. Her degrees focused on international studies and policy, he said, and she had been hired at the Israeli Embassy before the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack that left 1,200 Israelis dead and touched off the war in Gaza. "This is her first real job after finishing her six years of education," Robert Milgrim told CBS News. The Kansas University chapter of Hillel, the world's largest Jewish campus life organization, remembered Milgrim as a "beloved alum" whose "bright spirit and passion for the Jewish community touched everyone fortunate enough to know her." She served on the organization's board of directors, KU Hillel said. Before working for the embassy, Milgrim spent several summers in Israel where she worked with "Palestinian and Israeli groups to bring them together," Robert Milgrim said. She made both Palestinian and Israeli friends on those trips, he said. "She loves Israel and she loved everybody that lived in the Middle East," Robert Milgrim said. Robert Milgrim said his daughter met Lischinsky while earning a master's degree at American University. The two started dating weeks after they met, and the family "loved" Lischinsky, her father said. He said the couple was flying to Israel on Sunday to meet Lischinsky's family in Jerusalem, adding that he was told Lischinsky had been planning to propose on the trip. "We didn't know that he was going to propose then," Robert Milgrim said. "And the ambassador told us that he knew that he'd bought the ring and was going to present it to her in Jerusalem." Yaron Lischinsky Lischinsky was an Israeli and German dual national. He "spoke fondly of growing up" in Bavaria, a region of southern Germany, and was "very much in love with his childhood home" there, said Lore Herzog, who had known Lischinsky since 2018. He came from a large family, Herzog said. "He loved them all dearly and spoke about them all the time," Herzog said. Herzog remembered Lischinsky as a "very morally upright person with a very strong sense of justice." The two met while living in Jerusalem. "Yaron was super cheerful and seemed to really love everything he did," said Herzog, who now lives in Amsterdam. "It was his dream to work in politics and international relations." Israeli diplomat Ron Prosor told The Asssociated Press said that Lischinsky was a student of his at an Israeli university. Lischinsky was Christian, Prosor said, and a "a true lover of Israel" who had served in the military "and chose to dedicate his life to the state of Israel." On his LinkedIn profile, Lischinsky said he advocated for interfaith dialogue and intercultural understanding. He said that he was an "ardent believer" in deepening Israel's ties with the Arab world through the U.S.-brokered agreements known as the Abraham Accords, the AP reported. Suspect in custody Elias Rodriguez has been named as a suspect in the shooting and is currently in custody, officials said. He was charged on Thursday with murder of foreign officials, two counts of first-degree murder and other counts. Rodriguez, a 30-year-old from Chicago, was initially "observed pacing back and forth outside of the museum" before he approached a group of four people, "produced a handgun," and shot Lischinsky and Milgrim, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela A. Smith said in a news briefing. Rodriguez entered the Jewish Museum immediately after the shooting, and was arrested by museum security, Smith said. Witness video shows Rodriguez shouted "Free Palestine" while being arrested. Rodriguez had discarded the weapon used in the shooting, but told police where it was. It has since been recovered, Smith said. Rodriguez also "chanted 'free, free Palestine,' while in custody," Smith said. Metropolitan Police said Rodriguez didn't pop up on an initial search of crime databases and wasn't on the radar of law enforcement agencies. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the city's police department and the FBI will be investigating the shooting. A Justice Department source told CBS News that Rodriguez may make his first court appearance as early as Thursday. Trump confronts South African president during White House meeting, repeats genocide claims Trump takes questions during meeting with South African president Rubio, Jayapal have fiery exchange about Afrikaner refugee's antisemitic tweet, student visas
NBC News
22-05-2025
- NBC News
'I had the perfect family': Father recalls moment he learned of daughter's death
Robert Milgrim, the father of Sarah Milgrim, spoke out after his daughter and her boyfriend Yaron Lischinsky were shot and killed outside a Jewish event in Washington, D.C. He recalled the emotional moment he and his wife learned of their daughter's death.
New York Post
22-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Gunned down Israeli Embassy staffer Sarah Milgrim worked on peace-building between Palestinians and Israelis
The father of the bride-to-be who was killed along with her boyfriend near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, said his daughter was working to bring Israeli-Palestinian peace and more aid to Gaza before being gunned down by a suspect who later yelled 'Free, free Palestine.' Sarah Milgrim was gunned down outside of the Capitol Jewish Museum late Wednesday. Sarah Milgrim / Linkedin Robert Milgrim, 73, said he was heartbroken to learn that his daughter, Sarah Milgrim, 26, and her boyfriend Yaron Lischinsky were killed likely because of their work with the Israeli Embassy on Wednesday night. Advertisement Follow The Post's coverage on Israeli Embassy staffers killed in DC 'Last night, she was attending an affair to figure out how to get more aid into Gaza,' Milgrim told The Post. Advertisement 'The night she was killed, she was trying to help the situation – that's the irony.' This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
