The Judge is on Your Side

The Judge Is on Your Side
Psalm 7

If you are an Orthodox Jew in Brooklyn and are accused of some wrongdoing, you can hire an Orthodox private eye who wears a black frock coat and a fedora—though when he goes undercover, he confines himself to a skullcap and fringed prayer shawl that can be worn underneath a stocking cap and Yankee jersey. According to the New York Times (July 8, 2011), one of his high-profile cases concerned a child molestation that had led to a man’s imprisonment. The private eye uncovered evidence that one of the witnesses in the case had been bribed and was thus able to bring about the man’s release. “When I wake up in the morning,” the private eye says, “I pray to God and I want to believe that there are good people in the world. But when I go to work every day and I see what I see, it’s a very big challenge for me.”...