Dr. Moshe Glick: “My faith in America’s justice system was utterly shattered”
- Yitz Tendler
- Feb 13
- 2 min read
This past Monday, I represented CPAC at the Religious Liberties Commission hearing at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. The commission, established by an executive order by President Trump, is tasked with producing a comprehensive report on all aspects of religious liberties in our country.
This hearing, masterfully chaired by Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, focused on Antisemitism. Unfortunately, much of the media attention afterward focused on controversy and side issues (see here), distracting from the Commission’s real purpose: hearing directly from Americans facing antisemitism and threats to religious liberty.
One of the most powerful witnesses was Dr. Moshe Glick, a dentist from New Jersey.
Dr. Glick testified that in late 2024, he intervened outside his synagogue during an unauthorized protest, as he witnessed a 64 year old Jewish old man being violently attacked by a protester. Despite the altercation being caught on tape and evidence showing that he intervened in defense of a victim, Dr. Glick was shocked to find himself arrested and charged with assault and bias intimidation.
As he put it, “I stood up for a man who was being attacked because of his Jewish faith, and somehow, I was made the criminal.”
He argued that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office selectively targeted him while ignoring the actual aggressor. Dr. Glick emphasized that he refused to plead guilty because he believed he had done nothing wrong: “I refused to plead guilty because I did nothing wrong.”
At one point, he remarked, “You can’t really call yourself a civil rights activist until you’ve felt the cold steel of handcuffs close around your wrists.”
After a long public fight, Dr. Glick was ultimately pardoned by the governor. But the experience left him shaken, and his conclusion was blunt: “My faith in America’s justice system was utterly shattered.” He warned that what happened to him was not simply a mistake, but a symptom of something larger: “This is the hallmark of a weaponized justice system—one that buries evidence to serve an agenda.”
Credit is due to the Commission chair, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, who ran the hearing with focus and professionalism and ensured that Dr. Glick’s testimony was heard by those positioned to make real policy recommendations.
Cases like this are exactly why the Commission matters, and CPAC will continue to shine a spotlight on religious freedoms. Under President Trump, religious liberty is once again being treated as a serious national issue—and stories like Dr. Glick’s are finally being brought into the light.
You can watch Dr. Glick’s testimony here:
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