From the Free Press, this is Honestly, and I'm Barry Weiss.
On Wednesday night, outside of the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.,
a gunman opened fire and murdered two young people because he thought they were Jews,
because they were gathered in a Jewish place,
and because they were there for an event hosted by a Jewish organization.
This is devastating news
as we're learning that two Israeli embassy staff members who were a couple were shot and killed
while leaving an event at a museum.
Before I tell you about their alleged killer and the culture of lies that created the climate for his rampage,
I want to tell you about the two people that he cut down.
And I want to do that
because I promise you that there will be no campaigns or hashtags or celebrity videos urging all of us to say their names.
Yaron Lashinsky and Sarah Milgram.
Those are their names.
They met at work, they were staffers at the Israeli embassy, and they fell in love.
Yaron, who was 30 years old, had purchased an engagement ring for Sarah,
who was 26, just a few days ago.
They were meant to fly to Israel this coming Sunday so that she could meet his parents,
who live in Jerusalem, before he proposed.
Yaron was born in Israel to a Jewish father and a Christian mother.