Full Name:
Joseph 'Joe' Kaufman
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Emily; 1 Child: Ruth
Birth Date:
04/24/1970
Birth Place:
Detroit, MI
Home City:
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Religion:
Jewish
BA, Speech Communication, University of Maryland, 1993
Committeeman, Broward Republican Executive Committee
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 23, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018
Candidate, Florida State House of Representatives, District 96, 1998, 2000
No caucus information on file.
Former Editor, Broward Special Olympics Newsletter
Investigative Journalist, Front Page Magazine
Assistant Producer, G. Gordon Liddy Radio Show
Investigative Journalist, Hudson Institute
Former Writer/Editor, Impact Newspaper
Former Writer, National Review
Former Radio Talkshow Host, Politics of Terrorism Show
Broward Co-Chairman, Steve Forbes for President
Writer/Lecturer, David Horowitz Freedom Center, 2003-2018
Writer/Researcher, Middle East Forum, 2011-2018
Researcher, Center for Security Policy, 2016-2017
Researcher, IPT Executive Director Steve Emersons SAE Productions, 2015
Special Assistant to Lead Attorney Larry Klayman, Klayman Law Firm, 2005-2007
Editor/Political Writer, Israpost, 1999-2003
Founder/Chair, Americans Against Hate, 1998-present
Former Committeeman/Member, Anti-Defamation League
Member, Broward County Special Olympics
Former Vice President/Treasurer, Broward County Young Republicans
Member/ Co Founder/Vice President, Republican Jewish Coalition
Member, The American Israel Public Affairs Committee
Chair, ENERSEC United States of America, 1998-2016
Representative, Friends for Israel, 2012
Co-founder, Terror-Free Oil Initiative (TFOI), 2006-2009
Awards:
Award-winning Editor of Broward Special Olympics Newsletter
Favorite Movie:
Rules of Engagement, Rocky, Invincible, Life is Beautiful, Blackhawk Down, The Ten Commandments, Star Wars, School Ties, The Truman Show, The Dark Knight, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Saving Private Ryan
Favorite Musician:
Darryl Worley's 'Have You Forgotten?'; Toby Keith's 'Courtesy of The Red, White and Blue'; Lee Greenwood's 'God Bless the USA'; Beatles, Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Jay Z, Scorpions, Ted Nugent
Favorite Quote:
"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." - Ronald Wilson Reagan
Favorite TV Shows:
24, Hannity, Your World w/ Neil Cavuto, Saturday Night Live
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Watching and playing sports, reading, trying to play my guitar, taking wife, Emily out to dinner
Personal Hero and Why:
My great-grandmother Esther was a skinny and frail woman, but she had the heart of a lion and once saved a young black woman from being thrown off of a train for sitting in the wrong car.
Spouse's Occupation:
Hebrew and Spanish Teacher in Broward and Miami-Dade schools