The lawsuit requests buffer zones around the synagogue and Glick’s home as well as a ban on unpermitted protests within 500 feet of any house of worship in New Jersey.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a sweeping civil lawsuit in New Jersey against two pro-Palestinian organizations and several activists over their involvement in a November 2024 protest that turned violent at the Ohr Torah synagogue in West Orange.
According to the complaint, demonstrators forced their way through police barricades, stormed synagogue property, and shouted antisemitic threats such as “Zionists are Nazis” and “From the river to the sea.”
They blasted vuvuzelas and bullhorns at close range to drown out prayers. The situation escalated when 65-year-old David Zilberberg was placed in a chokehold, slammed to the ground, and dragged across the synagogue lawn before other attendees intervened.