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Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, speaks at a vigil in memory of two slain Israeli embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, in New York City on May 28, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of AJC.

Israeli, US officials memorialize embassy staffers at Manhattan vigil

“When people dehumanize Jews and Zionists, when they spread lies about and demonizations of Israel, this is the outcome we should expect,” said Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee.

Vita Fellig

May 29, 2025

Beatrice Gurwitz, executive director of the Capital Jewish Museum, delivers remarks at the reopening of the museum, Washington, May 29, 2025. Credit: Jim Bourg/Capital Jewish Museum.

Capital Jewish Museum reopens with victims on the minds of DC Jews

“We will not allow hate to silence our commitment,” said Chris Wolf, president of the museum’s board of directors.

Jonathan D. Salant

May 29, 2025

Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were about to get engaged. Source: Social media.

DC Jewish museum shooting victim laid to rest in Kansas

Members of the Jewish community of Overland Park remembered Sarah Milgrim as a compassionate bridge builder.

JNS Staff

May 28, 2025

Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, were shot and killed by a 31-year-old gunman outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2025. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

‘I didn’t sign up for this!’

An article we should have read in the days after the senseless murders of two young people in Washington, D.C.

Marc Erlbaum

May 27, 2025

Police tape cordons off the Capital Jewish Museum after the shooting of Israeli Embassy staff members Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, following an evening event hosted by the American Jewish Committee in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2025. Credit: Sdkb via Wikimedia Commons.

In death, equity

The murders outside a Jewish museum by a far-left actor make clear that the violent threats against Jews are not just from the far right.

David Gemunder

May 27, 2025

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AJC holds online memorial for murdered Israeli embassy staffers

“All of us must do what we can to fight antisemitism, to make this a turning point, to make the world understand we will not accept this as normal,” said Ted Deutch, the CEO of the American Jewish Committee.

Jonathan D. Salant

May 23, 2025

Black Lives Matter protest. Credit: Shane Aldendorff/Pixabay.

From the BLM riots to the DC shooting in five short years

The path to the surge in antisemitism can be traced to when the left embraced ideologies that made Israel and the Jews part of a toxic worldview about race.

Jonathan S. Tobin

May 23, 2025

Mourners gather outside the White House in Washington, D.C., for a vigil in memorial of the two victims of the Capital Jewish Museum shooting on May 21, Israeli embassy staff Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, May 22, 2025. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.

The tragic naiveté of liberal Jews

To jihadists and their apologists, anyone who supports Israel’s existence is a target, regardless of his bleeding-heart bona fides.

Ruthie Blum

May 23, 2025

An Orthodox volunteer collects blood and other bodily remains off the sidewalk at the shooting location outside of the Capital Jewish Museum on May 22, 2025. Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images.

Grim work, righteous anger and political resolve amid mourning at DC murder scene

Rabbi Levi Shemtov, executive vice president of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), said “we’ve never had anything like this before. Jews shot dead in the street.”

Mike Wagenheim

May 23, 2025