Joseph I. Lieberman (1942–2024)
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Joseph Lieberman, February 24, 1942 - Joseph Lieberman was born in Stamford, Connecticut on February 24, 1942, and attended public schools there. He received his bachelor's degree from Yale College in 1964 and his law degree from Yale Law School in 1967. In 1970, he was elected to the Connecticut afficher plus State Senate and served for ten years, including the last six as Majority Leader. In 1980, he returned to private legal practice, and from 1982 to 1988, he served as Connecticut's 21st Attorney General. Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate in 1988. In 2000, Lieberman was elected by another overwhelming margin to a third term. Lieberman is Ranking Member and former Chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. In addition, he is a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee; of the Armed Services Committee, where he is Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on AirLand Forces and sits on the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, and the Small Business Committee. Lieberman is also a former Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Full name: Joseph Isadore Lieberman; known as Joe Lieberman
Crédit image: Wikimedia Commons (Official Senate Portrait)
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- Date de naissance
- 1942-02-24
- Date de décès
- 2024-03-27
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Cause du décès
- complications from a fall
- Lieux de résidence
- Stamford, Connecticut, USA (birthplace)
- Professions
- U.S. Senator (Connecticut, 1989-2007, Democrat)
U.S. Senator (Connecticut, 2007-2013 , Independent)
Vice Presidential nominee (2000, Democrat) - Relations
- Lieberman, Hadassah (spouse)
- Organisations
- U.S. Senate
- Notice de désambigüisation
- Full name: Joseph Isadore Lieberman; known as Joe Lieberman
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- Œuvres
- 10
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 193
- Popularité
- #113,337
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 13
Senator Joe Lieberman's premise is that with the liberation from bondage celebrated over Pesach comes a solemn responsibility to ordered liberty. Without order liberty becomes impossible and ends in tyranny. I bought this book at a mock trial held at NYC's Temple Emanu-el. The book is organized into fifty brief essays, corresponding to the days of the counting of the Omer, from the second day of Pesach to Shavouth. Most of these essays are gems in and of themselves. I just finished it for the fifth or sixth time, and every time reading it brings to light new gems.
When I first reviewed it for Goodreads I covenanted to pull the book out every spring, at least for a while, to re-read.… (plus d'informations)