Vigil for Jewish museum victims held outside White House (11 images)

By Wade Sheridan

Mourners attend a vigil for Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, two Israeli Embassy staff members who were killed near the Capital Jewish Museum, is held outside the White House in Washington on Thursday. The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, was charged with first-degree murder in federal court.



Mourners attend a vigil outside of the White House to honor slain Israel Embassy staff members Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, in Washington on May 22, 2025. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI
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Mourners display the Israeli flag. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI
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Yechiel Leiter, the Israeli ambassador to the United States, said that Lischinsky, 30, and Milgrim, 26, were about to become engaged. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI
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An attendee holds up a sign that reads, "I stand with Israel." Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI
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