Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who worked for the Israeli Embassy, were identified as the victims of a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.

She made me want to be more Jewish,” said Amanda Birger, a former University of Kansas classmate who met Milgrim at KU Hillel, a Jewish organization at the college.

Both victims were embassy employees, who were about to get engaged; couple worked and advocated for Israeli-Arab coexistence

Sarah Milgrim, killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum Wednesday with her boyfriend, Yaron Lischinsky, was very involved in Jewish life.

A memorial is growing outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where two Israeli Embassy staffers, including a Kansas native, were shot and killed Wednesday night in what federal authorities are calling an act of terror.

Milgrim, then a 17-year-old senior, voiced her concerns about the sickening messages and symbols — which included a swastika — that were painted on a storage shed on the campus of Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kan., in February 2017.

Lischinsky spoke fluent German, according to the German-Israeli Friendship Society. Volker Beck, the society president, said Lischinsky's "interest in German-Israeli relations and ways to achieve peaceful coexistence in the Middle East brightened the environment around him."

The shocking murder of two Israeli diplomats in Washington D.C. last night has led to an outpouring of support and calls to end antisemitism. Among the many organizations addressing the killing are the Washington Commanders.

Israeli Embassy 'shooter' Elias Rodriguez has been charged with the murder of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim and could face the death penalty if convicted