New museum honors Meir

The Jewish Museum Milwaukee opened Monday, featuring a display of Golda Meir, who grew up in Milwaukee and went on to become the fourth prime minister of Israel.

Joanne Marks Kauvar, executive director of the Council of American Jewish Museums, said the Milwaukee museum was part of a national trend of smaller groups expanding to play a larger role in their communities.

She said the group’s membership had grown over the last 30 years to 80, with most of them new starts. Groups in Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York, Miami and Boston have recently expanded or created new Jewish institutions, she said.