US Edition'Sarah, We Will Continue Your Mission': DC Jewish Museum Shooting Victim Mourned at Kansas City Funeral - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- On May 21, 2025, Sarah Milgrim and her boyfriend Yaron Lischinsky, both staff members at the Israeli embassy, were fatally shot near the venue in Washington, D.C., where they had just participated in an event organized by the American Jewish Committee.
- The shooting happened late Wednesday night following an event partly focused on humanitarian aid in Gaza, with the alleged killer, a far-left activist from Chicago, reportedly shouting "Free Palestine" upon arrest.
- Milgrim, 26, grew up in the Kansas City suburbs and was deeply committed to Israel, peacebuilding, and public diplomacy, having worked with Tech2Peace and joined the embassy after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.
- At Milgrim’s funeral in Overland Park, Kansas, Rabbi Doug Alpert and Israel’s public diplomacy minister Sawsan Hasson honored her commitment, expressing their resolve to uphold her legacy and continue the important work she was dedicated to.
- Speakers said it is an obligation to keep Milgrim's voice alive and follow her path toward peace, highlighting the loss's deep sadness and the potential growth cut short by the attack.
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'Sarah, we will continue your mission': DC Jewish museum shooting victim mourned at Kansas City funeral - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Rabbi Doug Alpert did not utter the name of the man accused of killing Sarah Milgrim as he presided over her funeral on Tuesday. But before reciting El Maleh Rahamim, a prayer memorializing the dead, Alpert appeared to address the alleged gunman. “What a horrible disservice to not see her for who she was and all she had done to further peace with courage and dignity,” said Alpert. “Because if you really wanted to know how to give Palestinians a …
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