Herb Kohl, former Jewish senator from Wisconsin, dies at 88
Kohl was known for his soft-spoken, unobtrusive approach as a philanthropist, a retail mogul and a senator, an outlook he said he learned from his Jewish immigrant parents.
Sen. Herb Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat, during the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on the administration's fiscal 2005 budget for the Department of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill, Feb. 10, 2004. (photo credit: Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images))ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
