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”
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Despite endless calls for boycotts, brands who choose to ignore the political noise continue to see Israel as a market worth investing in.
Kenneth Leland Morgan, 33, the man accused of assaulting a University of Georgia student last Halloween while dressed as a Nazi, has now been indicted.
Morgan allegedly struck UGA student Grace Lang in the face with a glass pitcher while wearing a Nazi uniform, leaving her with a broken nose, black eye, and injuries requiring stitches.
Now, the case is moving forward in court. When antisemitism escalates into violence, accountability must follow. Jewish students deserve to feel safe on and around their campuses.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened investigations into San Jose State University and San Francisco State University following allegations that the schools have “permitted and perpetuated” antisemitic harassment on their campuses.
Jewish students should never have to accept intimidation, discrimination, or hostility as part of their college experience.
Universities have a responsibility to protect every student equally. These investigations are an important step toward ensuring institutions are held accountable when Jewish students’ civil rights are being discussed.
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We are praying for the families who lost loved ones, for those injured or displaced, and for the first responders working to save lives.
May the people of Colombia find strength, comfort, and support in the difficult days ahead
Jewish students at UC San Diego were targeted in what Alpha Epsilon Pi’s Chi Sigma chapter described as deliberate antisemitic intimidation at a private residence where fraternity members live.
In a statement, AEPi said the vandalism was intended to single out Jewish students for their identity and asserted that it would not force them into hiding.
The fraternity says it’s now working with UCSD administrators, campus partners, and local law enforcement to identify those responsible and strengthen protections for Jewish students.
Israel has publicly rejected President Trump’s 15-point plan for Gaza, with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu saying that Israel will not withdraw its forces until Hamas and all the terror groups controlling Gaza are genuinely and fully disarmed.
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Whichever agreement is adopted, a lasting future for Gaza cannot leave an armed Hamas capable of rebuilding its terrorist infrastructure and threatening both Israelis and Palestinians.
The Superior Court of Quebec has authorized a class action against McGill University over allegations of antisemitism on campus.
The case represents Jewish students enrolled since October 8, 2023, and alleges McGill failed to adequately enforce its own policies as students faced harassment, intimidation, and hostile conduct. The lawsuit seeks compensation and stronger enforcement of university policies.
Jewish students deserve the same right as everyone else to learn and participate in campus life without discrimination or intimidation. Universities must be accountable for protecting that right.
A new survey from the Department of Canadian Heritage paints a disturbing picture about Jewish life on Canadian university campuses.
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Universities have a responsibility to ensure Jewish students can receive an education without discrimination, harassment, or intimidation.
