Antisemitism Took Sarah and Yaron – We Can’t Let it Define Us |
It’s been one year since antisemitism stole the lives of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky.
Sarah and Yaron were two bright, passionate young people, who came to Washington to pursue careers in diplomacy and peacebuilding. They fell in love while working together at the Israeli Embassy and were beginning to build a life together. And they were leaving an AJC event promoting collaboration between multi-faith organizations and the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza when their lives were taken from them in a horrific, devastating act of antisemitic hate.
Sarah and Yaron were vibrant. They were engaged with the world around them. They believed in the power of bringing people together across differences, across borders, and across identities. Their work at the Embassy of Israel reflected that commitment.
Yaron’s peers described him as “noble”, someone deeply committed to the difficult work of understanding and diplomacy, even at a moment when that work felt increasingly fraught. Sarah was a proud member of........