How Our Model Works
MTF’s Israel trips are not the finish line. They are the catalyst for long-term campus impact.
Identify
We identify influential student leaders who shape campus culture, including student government officials, journalists, faith leaders, activists, campus organization heads, and other high-impact students.
Bring to Israel
We bring them to Israel for immersive educational trips that challenge misinformation, deepen understanding, and build real relationships with Israelis, Jewish peers, and one another.
Follow Up
After students return, we maintain engagement through reunion programs, coalition-building events, mentorship opportunities, leadership development, and continued campus support.
Activate
Trip alumni, Fellows, and student allies help organize coalitions, respond to antisemitism, challenge anti-Israel campaigns, and support Jewish students when campus tensions rise.
Lead
Over time, these students become leaders in student government, campus media, professional networks, and broader civic life.
The result: MTF does not simply change minds. We build networks of students with the influence to change campus outcomes.
Our Programs
MTF is building a campus leadership infrastructure that reaches students before, during, and after the moments when antisemitism and anti-Israel activism surface on campus.
Israel Trips
MTF brings influential non-Jewish student leaders to Israel for immersive educational trips that challenge misinformation, build relationships, and help students overcome the false and malicious narratives they’re subjected to on campus.
MTF Fellows
Our Fellows are student leaders on campus who build coalitions, recruit allies, organize programming, respond to antisemitism, and help sustain student engagement beyond the trip experience.
Post-Trip Engagement
The real work begins after the trip. MTF keeps alumni engaged through reunion programs, campus events, coalition-building opportunities, leadership development, and continued support.
Mentorship & Professional Networks
MTF connects high-potential students and young alumni with Israeli and Israel-connected professionals, helping them build lasting relationships with Israel through business, law, technology, medicine, public policy, and other fields.
International Campus Work
From England to South Africa, MTF operates in some of the most challenging campus environments in the world, developing courageous student allies in places where Jewish students often face intense hostility and where non-Jewish leadership can have an outsized impact.
Alumni Engagement
MTF’s work does not end at graduation. We are building long-term pathways for star trip alumni, Fellows, and student leaders to remain connected as mentors, speakers, advocates, professionals, and future leaders.
WHAT STUDENTS SAY
“Nothing I read in the States compared to hearing directly from Israelis on the ground. The trip forced me to confront how much of my perspective had been shaped by oversimplified and misleading narratives. If you’re serious about understanding Israel as it actually is, not as it’s portrayed, you have to see it for yourself. It's an incredible place filled with people seeking peace.”
MTF reaches the students who are often least likely to attend a traditional pro-Israel campus event and gives them the opportunity to encounter Israel directly. For many participants, the trip replaces slogans and assumptions with firsthand experience, real relationships, and a more accurate understanding of Israeli society.
“My MTF Israel trip experience was genuinely life-changing and by far the most transformative trip I have ever taken. Before visiting Israel, much of my understanding came from narratives I had absorbed on campus and online. Speaking directly with Israelis and Palestinians, and seeing the realities of the region firsthand, challenged many of those assumptions and helped me understand why Israel must exist. I also met individuals who had endured hardships I could barely imagine which gave me a new perspective on resilience and gratitude. I knew I couldn’t simply leave that experience behind when I returned to campus, which is why I chose to become an MTF Fellow and stand up for the Jewish community at Hopkins”
The Latest From @MacTaskForce
When Jewish students stop noticing the security measures outside their school, it says something about the reality they’ve grown up with.
In a BBC report, journalist Judith Moritz spoke with sixth-form students at a Jewish school in Hertfordshire about living and learning behind heightened security, and knowing that some people want to harm them simply because they are Jewish.
One student described the painful reality: ‘It’s sad that we can’t be equal to everyone else.’
The report comes as a landmark government review exposes the true scope of antisemitism in English schools.
Jewish children shouldn’t have to treat security barriers and the threat of violent hatred as normal parts of growing up. Every school has a responsibility to confront antisemitism and ensure Jewish students can learn without fear.
🎥: BBC
Jonathan Frisher, a Jewish student from the UK, shared his experience of antisemitic bullying with Sky News, including descriptions of the Nazi salutes and Holocaust threats that began when he was just 12 years old.
Instead of being protected by his school, Jonathan said the burden was left on him to explain to his classmates why Jew-hatred was wrong.
His testimony comes as an independent government review exposes the scale of antisemitism in English schools, calling for urgent teacher training and resources through 27 recommendations.
It’s not a Jewish child’s responsibility to educate their classmates about why violent ideologies again Jews is wrong. It’s the responsibility of schools and teachers to confront it.
🎥: Sky News
🇮🇱🌊 Israel has been accepted as a Forum Partner of the Pacific Islands Forum, opening new opportunities for regional cooperation and diplomatic ties.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced the decision following a meeting of Pacific Islands Forum leaders in Palau. The partnership will focus on shared priorities, including water management, desalination, agriculture, climate resilience, innovation, and sustainable development.
With Israel’s new embassy in Fiji serving nine other Pacific Island nations, this milestone builds on growing diplomatic engagement across the Pacific.
From water scarcity to sustainable agriculture, Israel’s expertise can help address challenges facing island communities.
For too many Jewish students in England, going to school means facing hostility because of who they are.
A major independent review led by Sir David Bell found that nearly three in five Jewish pupils aged 16-19 surveyed had experienced or witnessed antisemitism. Among students surveyed, fewer than half felt antisemitism would be addressed if they reported it.
That lack of confidence is a serious warning sign. When young people believe reporting antisemitism will achieve nothing, hatred is allowed to go unchallenged and victims are left feeling they have nowhere to turn.
The review issued 27 recommendations to improve how schools prevent, identify, and respond to antisemitism. The UK government has accepted all 27.
Jewish students deserve to go to school without fear of harassment or discrimination—and to know that when they speak up, the adults responsible for their safety will take them seriously.
Antisemitism should never be normalized in the classroom, and reporting it should never feel pointless.
Harvard Law student Mayan Schoen used the one minute allotted to her at the Cambridge City Council to challenge a proposed anti-Israel BDS resolution.
Schoen urged council members to reject the resolution, raising concerns about a movement that discriminatorily targets Israel through boycotts, divestment, and sanctions.
When institutions consider policies targeting Israel, they must examine the implications for Jewish residents and BDS’ roots in discrimination based on identity.
Civil rights protections must apply equally to all people, including Jewish people. City councils, school districts, and universities must ensure that efforts to address political disputes never become a vehicle for discrimination against Jewish communities.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog was welcomed to Budapest by Hungary’s new Prime Minister, Magyar Péter, as both leaders expressed their commitment to strengthening bilateral ties.
The two leaders discussed expanding cooperation across historical, cultural, economic, and defense relations. Prime Minister Magyar also accepted President Herzog’s invitation to visit Israel.
Continued dialogue and cooperation between Israel and Hungary offer opportunities to strengthen diplomatic ties and build a foundation for shared security and prosperity. 🇮🇱🇭🇺
A major new report has exposed the scale of antisemitism in England’s schools and colleges—and the findings are deeply concerning.
According to the independent review led by Sir David Bell, one in five students surveyed said they had witnessed antisemitism, while nearly three in five Jewish pupils aged 16-19 had experienced or witnessed it.
Even more troubling, fewer than half of students surveyed believed antisemitism would actually be addressed if they reported it.
The review makes 27 recommendations, including dedicated antisemitism training for educators, stronger safeguarding and reporting procedures, and better resources to help schools recognize and confront anti-Jewish hatred. The UK government has accepted all 27.
No Jewish student should have to endure antisemitism at school, or believe that speaking up will make no difference.
Schools must be places where Jewish students are protected, antisemitism is recognized for what it is, and reports of hatred are taken seriously.
What connects the violent riots in France with anti-Israel protests on American campuses?
In her Wall Street Journal Free Expression commentary, Mary Julia Koch argues that far-left groups have exploited both movements to advance a broader political agenda.
When political movements normalize intimidation, excuse violence, and turn public grievances into tools for radical agendas, the consequences reach far beyond the original cause.
Those who use their right to protest to further violent ideologies, legitimize violence, and undermine democratic society must be condemned.
🎥: The WSJ Free Expression
