Editing Russ Feingold (section)

==Early life, education, and career==
Feingold was born in [[Janesville, Wisconsin]], to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family. His grandparents were immigrants from [[Russia]] and [[Galicia (Central Europe)|Galicia]].<ref>U.S. Census, January 1, 1920, Wisconsin, Rock County, Janesville, enumeration district 112, p. 22-B, family 556. U.S. Census, January 1, 1920, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, enumeration district 109, p. 2-A, family 29. Rachel Binstock entry; SS ''Nieuw Amsterdam'' Passenger Manifest, 17 February 1913, p. 932, line 8.</ref> His father, Leon Feingold (1912–1980), was an attorney; his mother, Sylvia Feingold (née Binstock; 1918–2005), worked at a [[title (property)|title]] company. Feingold was one of four children. Feingold's father and his older brother David, a [[Vietnam War]] conscientious objector, were the major influences on his political development as a youth.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Martelle|first1=Scott|title=Feingold biography just skims the surface|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jul-23-et-book23-story.html|access-date=10 February 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 23, 2007}}</ref> As a boy he was also involved with the [[BBYO|B'nai B'rith Youth Organization]] and [[Aleph Zadik Aleph]].

In 1972, Feingold volunteered for the [[U.S. presidential election, 1972|presidential campaign]] of [[List of mayors of New York City|New York City mayor]] [[John Lindsay]]. He later supported the presidential campaigns of [[Mo Udall]] and [[Ted Kennedy]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Opin |first=Ken |title=Dole Rip, Gore Fire Up Crowd |publisher=[[Wisconsin State Journal]] |date=August 27, 1996 |url=http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/madison.com/html/archive_files/wsj/1996/08/27/9608270138.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206220626/http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=%2Fmadison.com%2Fhtml%2Farchive_files%2Fwsj%2F1996%2F08%2F27%2F9608270138.php |archive-date=February 6, 2009}}</ref>

After graduating from [[Joseph A. Craig High School]], Feingold attended the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] and graduated in 1975 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree with [[Latin honors|honors]] in political science. He was a member of the [[Phi Beta Kappa]] honor society and was inducted into the [[Iron Shield Society]], which is considered the highest honor achievable by University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iron Shield Society » Wisconsin Union |url=https://union.wisc.edu/get-involved/iron-shield-society/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=union.wisc.edu}}</ref> Feingold then went to [[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen College]] at the [[University of Oxford]] on a [[Rhodes Scholarship]], where he graduated in 1977 with a [[British undergraduate degree classification|first-class honours]] Bachelor of Arts in jurisprudence. Upon returning to the U.S., he attended [[Harvard Law School]], receiving his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] with honors in 1979.<ref name=fact/><ref>[https://rhodesscholars.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/russ-feingold/ How Rhodes Scholars Think]; Ben Eastaugh and Chris Sternal-Johnson; 2009</ref>

Feingold worked as an attorney at the private law firms of [[Foley & Lardner]] and La Follette & Sinykin from 1979 until 1985.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kertscher|first1=Tom|title=Ron Johnson ad says Sen. Russ Feingold has never held a job outside of politics|url=http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2010/sep/14/ron-johnson/ron-johnson-ad-says-sen-russ-feingold-has-never-he/|access-date=10 February 2016|agency=PolitiFact|publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=September 14, 2010}}</ref>