FIGHTING Israel Hate on college campuses

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks on the rollout of new policies to combat antisemitism in Australia following the horrific Bondi Hanukkah massacre.

Words matter, but action matters more.

Jewish communities in Australia, and around the world, deserve real protection, accountability, and consequences for those who promote or enable hatred and violence.

Antisemitism is not abstract, and as Bondi showed, has deadly consequences. Governments must confront it directly, without excuses.

Ran Gvili was a young man with a life full of friends, laughter, celebration, and dreams for the future.

In this video, Ran’s best friend Emmanuel “Mano” Ohayon remembers those days, before everything changed on October 7th.

Ran was an injured Israeli police officer who could have stayed home. Instead, he chose to leave everything behind to protect his people and his country. He was murdered while heroically defending his nation, and then kidnapped to Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists.

Today, 824 days later, Ran remains the last hostage held in Gaza.

Mano speaks not only as a friend, but on behalf of Ran’s family, loved ones, and an entire nation calling on the entire international community to demand Ran’s return.

WE must use our voices to demand his release.
Bring Ran Gvili home. 🎗️

Elkana Bohbot, a survivor of Hamas captivity, speaks with heartbreaking honesty about the pain he carries every day.

In this video, Elkana shares his grief over the many friends he lost at the Nova music festival, and the trauma of his own captivity that followed. Survival did not end the suffering. Returning to “normal life” has been deeply difficult, and the emotional toll continues long after release.

Elkana’s story is a reminder that the impact of terror doesn’t stop when the headlines fade. Healing takes time, support, and community. That’s why fundraisers have already been launched to help Elkana and his family rebuild, recover, and find stability after everything they endured.

Listening to survivors and supporting them will always matter.

Joy, connection, and discovery exactly where some might not expect to find it, in Jerusalem!

A group of Penn State students took part in a silent disco in the heart of the city and made a new friend along the way, sharing music with an unsuspecting market shopper who happily joined in to dance. Moments like this cut through headlines and show Israel as it truly is: alive, welcoming, and deeply human.

Organized by @simba.party.tours and @realisraeltours, this experience is part of MTF’s immersive Israel trips.

MTF trips bring top student leaders from all faiths and backgrounds to see Israel firsthand and engage with its people and culture to return home with knowledge rooted in lived experiences instead of misinformation.

Israeli female bartenders performing at a circus-themed bar in Tel Aviv.

This is life in Israel: threats surround the country, the Iron Dome knocks missiles down overhead, but people are dancing. Women are thriving freely. Culture is flourishing openly.

Even amidst all it’s adversity, Israel remains a society that celebrates expression rather than suppressing it.

This is what freedom looks like, and what the entire Middle East should be able to look like one day.

Or Levy, a survivor of Hamas captivity, speaks about where his strength now comes from.

After 491 days of unimaginable confinement, Or says it is his young son who gives him the light and hope he needs to keep going. A child, too young to fully grasp what his father or his mother endured, has nonetheless become his anchor his reason to heal, to rebuild, and to believe in life again.

Listening to voices like Or’s reminds us that surviving terror and captivity is only the beginning and that family, light, and human connection are what help bring people back from the darkest places.

Eli Sharabi speaks with a strength that is almost impossible to comprehend.

In this interview, Eli explains that he wrote his book for his wife and daughters, who were murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7th, and for his brother Yossi, who was killed in captivity. It is a testament written not only in words, but in survival, after Eli himself was kidnapped and tortured by Hamas.

Rather than allowing terror to extinguish his spirit, Eli has committed himself to carrying forward the light of the Jewish people. His resolve to honor his family through truth, memory, and life is an act of profound courage.

Athletes from Israel‘s Gymnastics Federation are ringing in the New Year with strength, grace, and determination!

Here’s to a New Year of achievement, growth, and unstoppable spirit. 🇮🇱