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In the suburbs of Kansas City, there is a long established Jewish community that is active beyond its modest numbers. The rabbis of the different synagogues all know each other, and families are often members of more than one congregation.
Sarah Lynn Milgrim of Johnson County and her boyfriend, Yaron Lischinsky, were on the eve of being engaged when they were killed near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.
Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were young Israeli Embassy staffers. They were murdered without regard for who they were, or what they believed.
A 26-year-old woman was killed Wednesday evening along with her boyfriend in what the FBI has called a “targeted act of violence.”Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, staffers at the Israeli Embassy, were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum when a suspect approached a group of four people and opened fire,
In the wake of Sarah Milgrim's death, one of the two Israeli Embassy staffers killed in Washington, D.C., a University of Kansas Jewish organization is honoring a fallen alumna.
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The Forward on MSNSarah Milgrim was ‘very Jewishly involved’ in Chabad, Hillel, Birthright, Israel before shooting outside Capital Jewish MuseumRabbi Zalman Tiechtel remembers having Shabbat dinners with Sarah Milgrim at the University of Kansas Chabad, where she had a large group of Jewish friends and was “full of energy.” “She was passionate.
A shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 21, killed two staff members from the Israeli Embassy, one of whom was from the Kansas City area, according to national reports.
Kansas City’s Jewish Community is mourning the loss of one of their own, tragically shot outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night.
Sarah Milgrim grew up in Overland Park, leading the life of an American teenager. As she grew older, she developed a deeper commitment to her own Jewish identity.