Benjamin Cardozo: Jewish Justice

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH[1] Benjamin Cardozo (1870-1938) was born of Jewish parents in New York City. His father, Albert, was a gifted judge on the New York Supreme Court.[2] He became infamous for his relationship with the Tweed Ring of the Tammany Hall notoriety.  Albert was forced to resign as a New York judge due to alleged scandalous favors he bestowed upon boss Tweed, and his “friends.”  To compound young Benjamin’s woes, he lost his mother at age nine, followed by his father six years later.  He had a twin sister, with whom he was not very close.  He was, however, exceptionally