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Joe Kaufman's Biography

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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

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 Emerson’s 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

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