The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Landsman inquires after Naomi at the Yakovy Flight Service Station. The air traffic manager, Larry Spiro, remembers her as a troublesome personality. Looking at his files, Spiro reveals that there was nothing out of the ordinary during Naomi’s last flights. She had been hired to fly a single passenger from Peril Strait, Alaska, back to Yakovy. Her early arrival suggests that Yakovy was a modified destination. Landsman and Spiro review Naomi’s previous flight plan—ferrying three passengers to Peril Strait—and speculate that she originally meant to fly back to Sitka alone.

Landsman speaks to a pilot named Rocky Kitka to ask him what he knows about Peril Strait. Kitka describes Peril Strait as a Tlingit neighborhood with an addiction recovery clinic that caters to Jewish people. Because Peril Strait is part of the United States, the existence of the clinic is contentious, which helps to make its operations more discreet. Spiro reveals that the flight plan for the flight that killed Naomi—Yakovy to Sitka—is missing from his file system. He realizes that someone has tampered with the system, which scares him.

Landsman tries to call an Alaskan colleague named Wilfred Dick but ends up reaching a desk sergeant instead. The sergeant reveals that the clinic, Beth Tikkun, does exist.