The Anti-Defamation League recently announced a decline last year in anti-Semitic incidents,

like vandalism and harassment.

But physical assaults against Jews in America reached their highest level since 1979,

with over 200 such attacks reported.

One of the highest profile cases was in the nation's capital.

Nick Schifrin has more on that story and the

father fighting to preserve his son's legacy. One year ago, a gunman approached an event for young

diplomats at the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., and killed two young employees of Israel's

U.S. Embassy. Yaron Lashinsky was 30 years old. Sarah Milgram was 26.

They were about to become engaged.

This month, the Department of Justice

announced that it would seek the death penalty

for their alleged killer.

And I'm pleased to welcome Daniel Lashinsky,

Yaron Lashinsky's father.

Thank you very much for being here.

What do you want people to know about your son?

Jaron was a peacemaker.

He was a person that he tried to bring together.

And also if you knew him, he was approaching every person like a human being, never looking for your title, your position.

If you are rich, poor, or black or white or Jewish or Gentile, he was simply human being like most of us Israelis.

He was born in Israel. You moved to Germany when he was very young and you moved back to Israel when he was 14.

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