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==Personal life and death== Lieberman met his first wife, Betty Haas, at the congressional office of Senator [[Abraham Ribicoff]] (D-CT), where they worked as summer student interns. They married in 1965 while Joe Lieberman was in law school. They had two children β Matt and Rebecca. Betty, who is also Jewish, later worked as a psychiatric social worker. In 1981, the couple divorced. When asked about the divorce in an interview with ''[[New York Magazine]]'', Lieberman said, "one of the differences we had was in levels of religious observance", adding, "I'm convinced if that was the only difference, we wouldn't have gotten divorced."<ref name=GoJoe>[http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/politics/n_7996/index1.html You Go, Joe.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050318215339/http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/politics/n_7996/index1.html |date=March 18, 2005}} ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine, November 18, 2002.</ref> [[File:Senator Joe Lieberman and his wife Hadassah on their way to the Capitol in 2011.jpg|thumb|Senator Lieberman and his wife [[Hadassah Lieberman|Hadassah]] riding the [[United States Capitol subway system]] to the [[U.S. Capitol]] in 2011]] In 1982, Lieberman met his second wife, [[Hadassah Lieberman|Hadassah Freilich Tucker]], while he was running for [[Attorney General of Connecticut]]. Hadassah Tucker's parents were [[Holocaust survivors]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Interview with Joe Lieberman|url=https://www.maxraskin.com/interviews/joe-lieberman|access-date=December 16, 2021|website=Interviews with Max Raskin|language=en-US|archive-date=March 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328003810/https://www.maxraskin.com/interviews/joe-lieberman|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''Washington Jewish Week'', Lieberman called her for a date because he thought it would be interesting to go out with someone named Hadassah. ({{wt|en|Hadassah}} is the Hebrew name of [[Esther]] in the biblical [[Book of Esther]], and subsequently also the name of the [[Women's Zionist Organization of America]]).<ref>Merida, Kevin. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/lieberman090598.htm Lieberman's Morality Concerns Not New.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908154732/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/lieberman090598.htm |date=September 8, 2021 }} ''[[The Washington Post]]'' September 5, 1998.</ref> From March 2005, Hadassah Lieberman worked for [[Hill & Knowlton]], a lobbying firm based in New York City, as a senior counselor in its health and pharmaceuticals practice. She held senior positions at the [[Hospital of Saint Raphael]] in [[New Haven]], the [[Shaare Zedek Medical Center|American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center]] in [[Jerusalem]], [[Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International]] (APCO), [[Pfizer]], [[United States National Research Council|National Research Council]], [[Hoffmann-La Roche]], and [[Lehman Brothers]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/09/01/hadassah_lieberman/|title=In bed with Big Pharma|last=Conason|first=Joe|date=September 1, 2006|work=[[Salon.com|Salon]]|access-date=November 14, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120201409/http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/09/01/hadassah_lieberman|archive-date=November 20, 2009}}</ref> Joe and Hadassah Lieberman had a daughter, Hana. In 2018, she [[Aliyah|immigrated to Israel]] with her family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/249563|title=Joe Lieberman: Proud my daughter is making aliyah|date=July 26, 2018|access-date=March 28, 2024|archive-date=September 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929201531/https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/249563|url-status=live}}</ref> Lieberman also had a stepson from Hadassah's previous marriage with [[Gordon Tucker]], [[Ethan Tucker]]. Lieberman's son, Matt, graduated from [[Yale University]] and from [[Yale Law School]].<ref name="ajc-matt-edu">{{cite news |last1=Bluestein |first1=Greg |title=Matt Lieberman, son of former VP nominee, runs for Senate in Georgia |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/matt-lieberman-son-former-nominee-runs-for-senate-georgia/7N34hRub7lcxqc2lAjciQL/ |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=Political Insider (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=October 3, 2019 |language=English |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005023535/https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/matt-lieberman-son-former-nominee-runs-for-senate-georgia/7N34hRub7lcxqc2lAjciQL/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Matt is the former head of the school of [[Greenfield Hebrew Academy]] in [[Atlanta]]<ref name="ajt-matt-headmaster">{{cite news |last1=Ladinsky |first1=Kaylene |title=Lieberman Novel Embroiled in Racial Controversy |url=https://www.atlantajewishtimes.com/lieberman-novel-embroiled-in-racial-controversy/ |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=Atlanta Jewish Times |date=August 10, 2020 |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328004744/https://www.atlantajewishtimes.com/lieberman-novel-embroiled-in-racial-controversy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and was an unsuccessful candidate in the [[2020 United States Senate special election in Georgia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Lieberman |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Matt_Lieberman |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=January 4, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125161455/https://ballotpedia.org/Matt_Lieberman |url-status=live }}</ref> Rebecca, Lieberman's daughter, graduated from [[Barnard College]] in 1991, and from the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]] in 1997.<ref name="observer-rebecca-lieberman">{{cite news |last1=Goldman |first1=Andrew |title=Joe Lieberman's Daughter Rebecca Is Campaigning for Board of Ed |url=https://observer.com/2000/09/joe-liebermans-daughter-rebecca-is-campaigning-for-board-of-ed/ |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=Observer |publisher=Observer Media |date=September 11, 2000 |archive-date=June 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625235115/https://observer.com/2000/09/joe-liebermans-daughter-rebecca-is-campaigning-for-board-of-ed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lieberman's stepson Ethan graduated from [[Harvard College]] in 1997 and received his rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.<ref name="jfgnh-tucker">{{cite web |title=Elm City Kallah with Rabbi Ethan Tucker {{!}} Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven |url=https://www.jewishnewhaven.org/eventlist/elm-city-kallah-with-rabbi-ethan-tucker-2021rev2 |website=Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven |access-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328003723/https://www.jewishnewhaven.org/eventlist/elm-city-kallah-with-rabbi-ethan-tucker-2021rev2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2006/02/23/news/news08.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623101312/http://jewishledger.com/articles/2006/02/23/news/news08.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 23, 2009 |title=Jewish Geography |publisher=jewishledger.com |access-date=February 21, 2008 |last=Jacobson |first=Judie }}</ref> [[File:Joe Lieberman Marty Markowitz BBF 2011 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|left|Lieberman with [[Marty Markowitz]] at the 2011 [[Brooklyn Book Festival]] to discuss the role spirituality played in his life]] Lieberman described himself as an [[observant Jew]].<ref name="EDAH"/> His first wife, Betty Haas, is a [[Reform Jew]]. After the death of his grandmother, a deeply religious immigrant, in 1967, he found a renewed interest in religious observance. His second wife, Hadassah, is also an observant [[Modern Orthodox Jew]]. "Hadassah calls herself my right wing", said Lieberman.<ref name=GoJoe/> In Lieberman's 1988 upset of [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] incumbent Senator [[Lowell Weicker]], Lieberman's religious observance was mostly viewed in terms of refusal to campaign on the [[Shabbat]]. This changed when [[Al Gore]] chose Lieberman as the running mate; a Lieberman press officer who spoke on condition of anonymity said: "He refers to himself as observant, as opposed to Orthodox, because he doesn't follow the strict Orthodox code and doesn't want to offend the Orthodox, and his wife feels the same way."<ref name="query.nytimes.com" /> The Liebermans kept a [[kosher]] home and observed the [[Sabbath]].<ref name="query.nytimes.com">Goodstein, Laurie. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9804EEDA153EF93BA2575BC0A9669C8B63 Lieberman Balances Private Faith With Life in the Public Eye] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209033839/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9804EEDA153EF93BA2575BC0A9669C8B63 |date=December 9, 2008 }} ''[[The New York Times]]'' August 18, 2000.</ref> In one notable instance, then-Senator Lieberman walked to the Capitol after Sabbath services to block a Republican [[filibuster]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/12/senate_closes_off_debate_on_go.html|title=Capitol Briefing β Senate clears way for passage of spending bill|access-date=January 19, 2016|archive-date=February 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218035750/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/12/senate_closes_off_debate_on_go.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lieberman said that there was currently "a constitutional place for faith in our public life", and that the Constitution does not provide for "freedom from religion".<ref>Gold, Matea. [https://web.archive.org/web/20041205220049/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/08/28/latimes.lieberman/index.html Lieberman and religion seem to be an easy mix.] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' August 28, 2000.</ref> He attended [[Kesher Israel (Washington, D.C.)|Kesher Israel]] Congregation in [[Georgetown, Washington, D.C.]], and Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol β B'nai Israel, The Westville Synagogue, [[New Haven, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Joseph Lieberman: The Historic Choice|url=https://www.courant.com/2000/08/08/joseph-lieberman-the-historic-choice/|newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]]|date=August 8, 2000|access-date=February 5, 2015|archive-date=February 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205141922/http://articles.courant.com/2000-08-08/news/0008082107_1_gore-and-lieberman-lieberman-selection-al-gore|url-status=live}}</ref> He also attended Congregation Agudath Sholom in his hometown of Stamford. Lieberman was an admirer of the last [[Lubavitch]]er [[Rebbe]], [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]]. He said of Schneerson, "I was impressed by this man, by his obvious spirituality, by his soaring intellect, by the extent to which he was involved in the world."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/937503/jewish/Reflection-on-the-Rebbe-by-Senator-Joseph-Lieberman.htm|title=Reflection on the Rebbe by Senator Joseph Lieberman β Commemorating the Rebbe's 15th Yahrtzeit|access-date=December 9, 2012|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042152/http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/937503/jewish/Reflection-on-the-Rebbe-by-Senator-Joseph-Lieberman.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> He said he had studied the commentaries of Rabbis [[Joseph B. Soloveitchik|Joseph Ber Soloveitchik]] and Abraham Isaac Kook.<ref name=":0" /> Lieberman was the first person of Jewish background or faith to run on a major party presidential ticket.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 20, 2004 |title=Joe Lieberman's Historic Run |url=https://forward.com/opinion/6358/joe-lieberman-s-historic-run/ |access-date=September 29, 2023 |website=The Forward |language=en |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327230827/https://forward.com/opinion/6358/joe-lieberman-s-historic-run/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lieberman said that he liked to sing and was a fan of [[Frank Sinatra]], whose song "[[My Way]]" was the theme of his first Senate campaign.<ref name=":0" /> He chanted the classic section of Proverbs "[[Proverbs 31|Eshet Hayil]]" to his wife every Friday night.<ref name=":0" /> On March 27, 2024, Lieberman died at [[NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital]], aged 82, from injuries that he sustained in a fall at his home in the Bronx.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327215333/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/joe-lieberman/index.html |url-status=live |last=Tapper |first=Jake |date=March 27, 2024 |title=Former Sen. Joe Lieberman has died |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/joe-lieberman/index.html |access-date=March 27, 2024 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/us/politics/joseph-i-lieberman-dead.html|title = Joseph I. Lieberman, Senator and Vice-Presidential Nominee, Dies at 82|last = McFadden|first = Robert D.|date = March 27, 2024|access-date = March 27, 2024|author-link = Robert D. McFadden|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited|archive-date = March 27, 2024|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240327221249/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/us/politics/joseph-i-lieberman-dead.html|url-status = live}}</ref> He received tributes from many, including from Presidents [[Joe Biden]], [[Barack Obama]], [[George W. Bush]] and [[Bill Clinton]], Vice Presidents [[Kamala Harris]], [[Mike Pence]] and Gore, Senators [[Tom Cotton]] and [[Lindsey Graham]], and Israeli politicians [[Isaac Herzog]] and [[Benjamin Netanyahu]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 28, 2024 |title=Matchless champion of the Jewish people': Israeli, US officials mourn Joe Lieberman |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/matchless-champion-of-the-jewish-people-israeli-us-officials-mourn-joe-lieberman/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 28, 2024 |website=The Times of Israel |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328092923/https://www.timesofisrael.com/matchless-champion-of-the-jewish-people-israeli-us-officials-mourn-joe-lieberman/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cameron |first=Chris |date=March 27, 2024 |title=Friends, Allies and Even Former Rivals Eulogize Joseph Lieberman |website=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/us/politics/reactions-joe-lieberman-death.html |access-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328071110/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/us/politics/reactions-joe-lieberman-death.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Biden |first=Joe |author-link=Joe Biden |date=March 28, 2024 |title=Statement from President Joe Biden on the Passing of Former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/28/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-passing-of-former-u-s-senator-joe-lieberman/ |access-date=March 29, 2024 |publisher=[[White House]] |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328235733/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/28/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-passing-of-former-u-s-senator-joe-lieberman/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1773485060655591601 |user=BillClinton |title=Our statement on the passing of Senator Joe Lieberman. |first=Bill |last=Clinton |author-link=Bill Clinton |access-date=March 29, 2024}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=March 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Kamala |author-link=Kamala Harris |date=March 28, 2024 |title=Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on the Passing of Former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/28/statement-from-vice-president-kamala-harris-on-the-passing-of-former-u-s-senator-joe-lieberman/ |access-date=March 29, 2024 |publisher=[[White House]] |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328235731/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/28/statement-from-vice-president-kamala-harris-on-the-passing-of-former-u-s-senator-joe-lieberman/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1773170182271181095 |user=Mike_Pence |title=Karen and I were saddened to learn of the passing of Senator Joe Lieberman and mourn his loss with all who admired this truly good man and dedicated public servant. While we often differed on domestic policies, Senator Lieberman was an unwavering advocate for a strong National Defense throughout his years in the US Senate and Israel had no greater American champion. In his many years in public life, Joe also carried himself with a gentleness and civility that earned him the respect of his peers across party lines. We pray that his Memory be a Blessing for his beloved wife Hadassah and the entire the Lieberman family. G-d bless Joe Lieberman. |first=Mike |last=Pence |author-link=Mike Pence |access-date=March 29, 2024}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=March 2024}} Lieberman is entombed in the cemetery at [[Congregation Agudath Sholom]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehour.com/politics/article/joe-lieberman-connecticut-senator-vp-funeral-19373711.php|title=Joe Lieberman remembered by Gore, Dodd, others at funeral in Stamford|newspaper=Norwalk Hour |access-date=March 30, 2024|archive-date=March 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329091553/http://www.thehour.com/politics/article/joe-lieberman-connecticut-senator-vp-funeral-19373711.php|url-status=live |last1=Dixon |first1=Ken }}</ref>
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