Lischinsky, a 30-year-old Israeli citizen, had deep ties to his country’s Messianic Jewish community.

Sarah Milgrim, killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum Wednesday with her boyfriend, Yaron Lischinsky, was very involved in Jewish life.

She made me want to be more Jewish,” said Amanda Birger, a former University of Kansas classmate who met Milgrim at KU Hillel, a Jewish organization at the college.

Both victims were embassy employees, who were about to get engaged; couple worked and advocated for Israeli-Arab coexistence

The victim's father revealed how he found out his daughter and her boyfriend had been killed outside of the Capital Jewish Museum.

Nancy Milgrim shared that her phone rang soon after, and when she answered, it was Yechiel Leiter, Israel's ambassador to the United States, on the line.

Milgrim, then a 17-year-old senior, voiced her concerns about the sickening messages and symbols — which included a swastika — that were painted on a storage shed on the campus of Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kan., in February 2017.

Last night, my friend and fellow climate activist Sarah Milgrim and her soon-to-be fiancé, Yaron Lischinsky, were murdered in cold blood by a terrorist who shouted “Free Palestine” after taking their lives. It was a horrifying, antisemitic assassination that has left those who knew and loved them reeling.

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim hailed from different ... She went and spent time in Israel.” After college, Milgrim moved to Washington to attend American University, where she graduated ...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said early Thursday morning that the country remains united with the families of slain embassy staffers.  Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were fatally shot