Nov. 14, 1958
Judge Mosk, Marks and Becker Win Approval of Voters
Victory came in last week’s general election to three candidates, each well known in his respective Jewish community. Superior Judge Stanley M. Mosk of Los Angles, for years a leading figure in Jewish affairs in California, was elected Attorney General.
Another victor is Milton Marks of San Francisco, elected to the State Assembly from the 21st district. He is a member of Congregation Emanu-El and has taken an active interest in the Emanu-El Men’s Club. His late father served as an Assemblyman and as a San Francisco supervisor.
The third is Charles Becker, president of Temple Judea, who was elected Municipal Judge of San Mateo County’s northern district.
Nov. 14, 1988
Sole Jewish S.F. supervisor loses bid for re-election
With the defeat of Carol Ruth Silver in Tuesday’s election, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will have no Jewish members for the first time in more than a decade.
Silver, with 63,035 votes as the Jewish Bulletin [J.’s former name] went to press, came in seventh in the election for six seats, falling more than 10,000 votes behind sixth-ranked incumbent Jim Gonzalez.
More than 20 candidates sought the citywide four-year supervisorial seats. There are 11 seats on the city’s formally non-partisan governing body; the other five seats come up for election every two years.
With the election of longtime S.F. Supervisor Quentin Kopp to the state Senate as an independent two years ago, Silver became the sole Jewish voice on the board.
During her 11-year tenure, Silver was involved in a number of issues special to the Jewish community, several of them regarding church-state separation.
For example, she vigorously opposed placement of a creche in City Hall during the Christmas season that depicted the birth of Jesus. And as a San Francisco representative to the Golden Gate Bridge District, she also led the fight to block Chabad of Marin’s attempt to erect a menorah on the bridge and subsequently questioned the propriety of a menorah placed annually in Union Square by Chabad of Northern California.
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