Guest Oped: As Hate Crimes Surge, the Simon Wiesenthal Center Hopes to Help

Guest Oped: As Hate Crimes Surge, the Simon Wiesenthal Center Hopes to Help

By Debra Tantleff, For The Trentonian Across the country – and right here in New Jersey – we are witnessing a deeply troubling surge in hate crimes. At the same time, more and more children, teens, and young adults are being radicalized online, often without even realizing it. In countless social media feeds and digital echo chambers, they are being quietly and steadily drawn into extremist ideologies that promote division, dehumanization, and v…