2025 D.C. Jewish museum shooting

At 9:08 p.m. EDT on May 21, 2025, a man reportedly opened fire at the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where a Jewish event was held. Two persons named Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were killed.

The suspect reportedly shot Milgrim and Lischinsky 21 times at point-blank until his gun jammed or ran out of bullets. Several media critics called the shooting antisemitic, while the FBI said on May 23 that the shooting was an act of targeted antisemitism.

Victims

Sarah Milgrim

Sarah Milgrim was an American Jew. The victims had worked for the D.C. Israeli embassy. They reportedly belonged to groups advocating for peace between Israel and Palestine. Milgrim was hired by the Israeli embassy in late 2023.

Yaron Lischinsky

Yaron Lischinsky moved from Germany to Israel at 16 years old before starting his job at the D.C. Israeli embassy. The event attended by them was held by the American Jewish Committee, aimed at discussing "how multi-faith organizations can work together to bring humanitarian aid to war-torn regions like Gaza".

Suspect

The suspect Elias Rodriguez has been charged with murder. 



  There are claims that he belonged to the Marxist–Leninist party Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) and joined their events between 2017 and 2018, and made posts on Twitter consisting of the phrases "zionazi", "Death To Israel" and sharing videos of the former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The posts were made in the months following the October 7 attack – seen by some scholars as the worst crime against Jews since the end of the Holocaust. 



  The PSL said that Rodriguez "had a brief association with one branch of the PSL that ended in 2017".

Aftermath

42 Jewish organizations requested the U.S. government to address antisemitism in the country. Their request includes:

 Prosecution of antisemitic hate crimes and extremist violence
 Expansion of FBI intelligence operations and counter-domestic terrorism operations
 Funding increase for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to $1 billion from its current level of $274.5 million

Related pages

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 2025 Pahalgam Massacre 



 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting 


 April 2017 Champs-Élysées attack 



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References

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