An American politician and lawyer who served in the Senate for more than two decades passed away on 27th March 2024. The 82 years old was Former Connecticut Sen and also was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000.
Joe’s family, including his son and daughters, shared the official news of his demise.
Key Takeaways
- Joe Lieberman’s son Matt faced a bizarre controversy due to racial comments in his novel.
- Matt also was an English teacher and became head of Greenfield Hebrew Academy.
- One of Joe’s daughters, Hana moved to Israel with her husband and childrens.
Joe’s family said he passed away due to complications from a fall on Wednesday in New York City.
At the time of his demise, his wife Hadassah and several other family members of his family were there by his side.
Joe Lieberman, also known as Joseph Isadore Lieberman, has struggled as a politician for years.
His political career rose after he was chosen by Democratic presidential nominee AI Gore as his running mate in 2000.
Joe Lieberman Son Matt Lieberman Was Also A Candidate For Senate
Matt Lieberman is an American entrepreneur, politician, lawyer, and also a former educator. He is also running the all-party special election and replaced the former Sen. Johnny Isakson, who retired in 2018.
Back on November 3, 2020, he was also on the ballot for the general election. Moreover, he also created a controversy with his self-published novel in 2018.
The book titled Lucius was after the name of his imaginary slave, which was about the 2017 white nationalist violence in Charlottesville.
The book was about an elderly white southern man character named Benno who regularly dropped the N-word and was saying the members of the Ku Klux Klan were not bad people.
Due to this, he was even said to have dropped out of the Senate candidate race. After reading the book, the Democratic leader, including Stacey Abrams, who is African-American, commented that,
If this is his imagination, if this is how he constructs a world, where he’s a white savior and he need a magical black people to help save him, i would urger him to reconsider his place in this world.
This was one of his downfall reason to the political career too. Moreover, Matt earned his J.D. degree from Yale Law School and his bachelor’s degree from Yale University.
While pursuing his studies at Yale, he developed a program to combat homelessness and hunger in the New Haven Cares Voucher program.
After graduating from law school, he helped jumpstart “I Have a Dream,” the program that was to help low-income students.
After couple of years later he returned to education where he became the high school English teacher at Hopkins School.
In 2006, he moved to Georgia and became the head of Greenfield Hebrew Academy. There, he managed a staff of over 100, 450 students, and a budget of over $7 million.
Joe Lieberman Daughter Hana Lowenstein Moved To Israel With Her Husband And Four Young Children
Back in 2018, over 230 new immigrants from North America moved to Israel, one of whom was Joe Lieberman’s daughter, Hana Lowenstein.
Hana, alongside her husband and her four children, was seen at the Ben Gurion International Airport on 25th July 2018.
As she was known by her father’s name, the welcoming ceremony of Hana and her family members were held at the airport.
With the welcoming ceremony held by Israel’s minister Sofa Landver, she stated,
each day that brings new olim to israel is a joyous occasion, especially when there are 130 children on a single aliyah flight. This is the future unfolding before us.
Moreover, Hana was born to Joe’s second wife, Hadassah Freilich Tucker. With his first wife, Bettyy Hass, he had another daughter, Rebecca.
Rebecca was inspired by her father’s career as a lawyer. This inspired her to pursue her studies at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1997. Moreover, she graduated from Barnard College in 1991.
FAQ’s
Why did Joe and his first wife separated?
Joe and his first wife, Betty Haas, separated due to their differing religious observance. In an interview with New York Magazine, he said, ” One of the differences we had was in levels of religious observance. I’m convinced if that was the only difference, we would not have gotten divorced.”
Did Matt Lieberman win for the candidate in the 2020 United States Senate election?
No, Matt became unsuccessful as the candidate for the special election in Georgia.
Did Joe have any step-child from his second marriage?
Yes, Joe had a stepson named Ethan Tucker.
