Maccabee Task Force - We Combat Antisemitism on Campuses

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.”
— Kelly B., non-Jewish student at Harvard Law School

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”
—Jack E., non-Jewish student at Johns Hopkins University

The Latest From @MacTaskForce

Appearing on GB News, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Alex Burghart strongly criticized the government’s newly introduced sanctions targeting Jewish cities in Judea and Samaria, dismissing them as an ineffective set of measures that fail to achieve any constructive outcome.

He warned that such hostile diplomatic actions risk undermining crucial international alliances and directly threatening Britain’s own national security interests. 

Critics of the policy continue to argue that imposing punitive measures on a key democratic ally miscalculates the geopolitical reality in the Middle East and weakens shared counter-terrorism cooperation.
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, has launched a dedicated Task Force on Combating Antisemitism at the UN. 

Backed by a coalition of international member states, the initiative aims to move past empty rhetoric and transition into concrete, measurable actions to protect Jewish communities worldwide.

Ambassador Danon stressed that the solemn pledge of “Never Again” must serve as an active, unyielding commitment.

With the upcoming election of a new UN Secretary-General on the horizon, the coalition’s message is that combating antisemitism and holding international institutions accountable must rise to the top of the global agenda because words alone are no longer enough.
Greek Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis recently welcomed the newly appointed Israeli Ambassador to Greece, Pninat Yanay to his office for a high-level meeting focused on strengthening bilateral ties.

During their discussion, the two leaders explored extensive opportunities for partnership and medical collaboration between Greece and Israel within the healthcare sector. 

Highlighting the immense potential for technological and operational advancement, the Greek minister emphasized that his country’s national health service would greatly benefit from adopting advanced Israeli medical innovations and expertise.

This diplomatic engagement highlights the enduring friendship between Greece and Israel, and shows how strategic partnerships can directly improve the well-being and security of both nations.
Breakthrough research from the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American University is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to combat online antisemitism.

Instead of waiting for hateful narratives to spread and attempting to debunk them after the damage is done, researchers are using AI to pioneer “pre-bunking.” Through randomized testing with thousands of adults, the study demonstrated that short, AI-generated educational videos can effectively teach people to recognize manipulation tactics behind antisemitic content before those narratives can take hold.

Participants who watched a brief video like this successfully identified manipulation tactics in brand-new posts, with protective critical-thinking skills remaining measurable weeks later.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar formally announced a series of diplomatic countermeasures following the UK’s implementation of unilateral sanctions targeting Jewish cities in Judea and Samaria.

Condemning the British government’s actions as a hostile and unacceptable foreign intervention, FM Sa’ar detailed immediate steps taken in response, including the closure of the British consulate in Jerusalem. 

Additional measures include removing British representatives from the International Gaza Support Center, terminating specific UK-led training programs for Palestinian Authority forces, and barring several British representatives from entry due to documented anti-Israel activities. 

Israel has repeatedly emphasized that discriminatory diplomatic pressures against its national interests will always be met with a firm and uncompromising response.
Israel has officially informed the United Kingdom that its consulate in East Jerusalem must close within 30 days, with all associated diplomats losing their accreditation. 

This measure follows hostile trade sanctions introduced by the British government targeting Jewish cities in Judea and Samaria.

In addition to the 30-day shutdown of the consulate, Israeli authorities have ordered British representatives assigned to a regional Gaza coordination mission and diplomats based in Ramallah to leave the country within seven days. 

Israel’s leadership has made it clear that systematic discrimination against it will be met with an immediate response.
During a recent appearance on Sky News Australia, former Israeli Ambassador to the UK Mark Regev spoke with Chris Kenny about the broader geopolitical stakes of Israel’s defense operations.

Regev emphasized that while Israel is actively defending its own citizens and national interests, it is simultaneously standing on the front lines for the entire Western world against dangerous extremist dictatorships like the Iranian regime. 

He warned that a nuclear-armed Iran is not merely an Israeli security crisis, but a profound global threat that directly impacts democratic nations everywhere, including Australia. 

As extremist regimes continue to test international stability, these remarks underscore that confronting radicalism is a shared responsibility for all who value freedom and security.
A new Canadian Campus Climate Report Card issued by B’nai Brith Canada has flagged widespread institutional failures in how universities respond to rising antisemitism on campus.

The initial launch features a pilot assessment covering four universities where students have reported particularly hostile social climates including York University, the University of Toronto, Queen’s University, and McGill University. Campus conduct ratings and responses to harassment received critical failing marks by the report’s standards.

Community advocates emphasize that institutions must be held accountable for the safety of their students, urging university leadership to move past symbolic measures and strictly enforce anti-hate codes.

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