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The Maccabee Task Force was founded in 2015 to help Jewish and pro-Israel students fight back against the rising tide of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on America’s college campuses. Our core aim is to dispel dangerous misinformation about Israel that percolates throughout academia by building coalitions with powerful student communities that work to change the narrative about Israel and better the environment for Jewish students on the college campus. We accomplish this through a trip to Israel for the most influential non-Jewish students on each of our 75 partner campuses as well as through supplementary programming designed to continue to foster the relationships forged on the trips.
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❤️ @blessingmathabelaa, national student board members, a non-Jewish ally, and a student at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, bravely shared her story, and expressed solidarity with the people, and especially the women of Israel who were attacked and brutalized on October 7th.
She visited Israel on an MTF trip in 2024 and was deeply affected by the difficult truths she witnessed.
As Blessing shares her solidarity with Israeli women who were victimized by Hamas’ utter brutality, we express our deepest gratitude to her for her courage and moral clarity.
It’s not easy to speak out as a young person on a college campus, where you will be bombarded with hate for speaking out against Hamas, or even saying the slightest positive thing about Israel.
DM us if you’re brave like Blessing and want to stand on the side of truth, light, and life.
Israeli doctors at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa have just made medical history: surgeons successfully implanted the world’s first 3D-printed cornea into a woman’s eye, partially restoring her sight and opening the door to a breakthrough that could change millions of lives.
Today, over 12 million people around the globe await cornea transplants every year, and most will never receive one. This innovation could finally give them hope.
Israel continues to lead the world in life-saving science and humanitarian technology, proving once again how much this small nation contributes to the world.
A new @freepress video features Stanford student and MTF Israel trip alumna Taryn Thomas describing the atmosphere of paranoia, censorship, and intimidation inside the so-called “pro-Palestine” encampment on campus.
She explains that when she asked challenging questions, she was met with slogans like, “resistance is justified,” a phrase used to legitimize violence against Jews.
Encampment leaders also prohibited interaction and debate with Zionists, implying that if you engaged, you were going against the camp and would be kicked out.
This is not activism, but radicalization taking place on our campuses right under our noses. It’s happening openly at Stanford, and at many more of America’s top campuses.
Jewish students deserve an environment where learning is possible and where dissent isn’t punished by mob rule.
We thank Taryn for her intellectual curiosity and honesty, and her bravery in speaking out.
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In a devastating new video, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, a survivor of 738 days in Hamas captivity, describes in painful detail the sexual assault he endured at the hands of a Hamas terrorist. His story is a reminder that Hamas did not simply hold hostages, but also systematically abused, tortured, and starved innocent Israelis in Gaza.
Guy’s bravery in coming forward is nothing short of extraordinary. His courage ensures the world cannot look away or pretend it doesn’t understand exactly what Hamas is and what it continues to do as it operates in Gaza.
The world must face the truth: Hamas is a terror organization built on cruelty, violence, and the deliberate targeting of civilians.
Violent anti-Israel protesters in Bologna attacked Italian police with firecrackers, set fires in the streets, and built barricades, all because Maccabi Tel Aviv came to play a basketball game. No other team, no other country, and no other people would ever be met with this level of aggression.
This isn’t about a legitimate protest, it’s about the volatile hatred of Jews that erupts whenever Israel is involved.
This hatred is fueled by media outlets obsessed with demonizing the Jewish state and normalizing extremism. When a basketball game becomes an excuse for riots, it shows exactly how deep this sickness runs.
We must call this what it is, violent antisemitism unfairly targeting the 1 Jewish country in the world.
@alisa_krant is a female reservist IDF combat medic who shares her life and experiences online. So many young people around the world have no concept of IDF soldiers as people, and Alisa’s platform shows what life is really like for them.
IDF soldiers are mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, sisters, brothers, boyfriends, and girlfriends. The IDF is made up of young people, just like you, whose duty it is to protect their country and their People.
The values of honesty, accountability, and protection of innocent life are among the most important in the IDF. You go girl. 🥹✨💄
A Jewish family in Virginia has reached a settlement with the Nysmith School in Herndon after three of their children were expelled. They weren’t kicked out for their own wrongdoing, rather, they received expulsion notices after their parents complained to school headmaster Ken Nysmith that the children were enduring antisemitic bullying from classmates.
Their 6th-grade daughter was allegedly harassed with statements like “Jews are baby killers and deserve to die because of what happened in Gaza,” and when she sought help, Nysmith reportedly told her to “toughen up.”
The settlement requires mandatory antisemitism training for all staff and faculty, as well as a new three-person review committee so incidents like this are no longer dismissed by a single administrator.
This is a crucial step toward accountability, but also a stark reminder that Jewish students deserve safety and dignity in every school and university in America.
After 738 days in Hamas captivity, Israeli survivor Rom Braslavski danced in Jerusalem’s Machne Yehuda market on the shoulders of close friends.
He’s a living testament to resilience, courage, and the unbreakable spirit of the Jewish people, and his joy is a reminder that every rescued life is a victory against terror.
If even the captivity survivors can stand up, tell their truth, and celebrate life after unimaginable darkness, we can too.
