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After shooting, Washington Jewish museum to reopen on Thursday
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLuke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.
The entrance to the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, May 22, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
The Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, will reopen on Thursday, after two Israeli embassy staffers were murdered while leaving the building last week.
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, a couple, were gunned down after leaving an event at the museum on Wednesday night. The alleged attacker shouted “Free Palestine” after the shooting, and told police, “I did it for Gaza.”
The museum will reopen on Thursday morning with a program memorializing Lischinsky and Milgrim, the museum says in a statement.
Speakers at the event will include the museum leadership, elected officials and local clergy.
The museum will reopen to the public on Thursday at noon.
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