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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At the end of his decade leading the United Nations, former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon acknowledged a truth the Jewish community had been raising for years.
In his final Middle East briefing to the Security Council, Ban said the UN must “never accept bias against Israel,” adding that decades of political maneuvering had produced a disproportionate number of resolutions, reports, and conferences criticizing the Jewish state.
In that same address, Ban also urged member states to increase contributions to UNRWA.
Nearly a decade later, the conversation about UNRWA looks very different.
USAID’s Office of Inspector General says it has referred 108 current or former UNRWA staff for suspension or debarment consideration over alleged participation in October 7 and/or Hamas affiliation.
If the UN is ever to become the unifying organization it purports to be its leadership must confront both problems — institutional bias against Israel and the exploitation of humanitarian systems by terror-linked actors.
The UN cannot advance peace while allowing the world’s only Jewish state to be singled out, demonized, or denied the same standards applied to every other nation.
Greece’s Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis welcomed his country’s new defense agreement with Israel, describing the relationship between the two countries as vital to Greek security.
Speaking in the Greek Parliament, Georgiadis said the “alliance with Israel ensures the freedom of the Greek state,” specifically pointing to what he described as the “Turkish threat.”
His remarks come as Greece and Israel officially signed a defense agreement worth over $3 Billion for strategic cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reaffirmed Germany’s commitment to Israel and its security, calling Israel ‘the only democracy in the entire Middle East.’
He noted that the existence of the State of Israel is non-negotiable for Germany, and added that as long as he holds political responsibility, Germany will continue supporting Israel’s right to exist.
Canada’s government-commissioned CASE report on campus antisemitism includes comments from Jewish students who explained their firsthand experiences with antisemitism at Canadian universities.
The stories are harrowing and represent, in some cases, Jewish students who felt singled out by peers or professors as well as those who felt forced to hide their identities in fear of being harassed, attacked, or insulted.
These accounts form part of a nationwide survey of approximately 900 Jewish postsecondary students. 95.7% said they had experienced or witnessed at least one instance of antisemitism in the previous 12 months, while 70% said their university does not take antisemitism seriously.
Thousands gathered to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year marking the arrival of spring and an important celebration of Kurdish culture and identity.
Among the flags raised during the festivities was the Israeli flag, displayed alongside Kurdish flags before the large crowd.
The moment highlighted a visible expression of solidarity with Israel during one of the most significant celebrations in Kurdish culture.
Greece is reportedly moving forward with a major air-defense agreement with Israel, part of Athens’ effort to build a multi-layered shield against drones, missiles, aircraft, and other regional threats.
The planned network is expected to include Israeli systems such as David’s Sling, SPYDER, and Barak MX — integrating Israeli defense technology into Greece’s broader “Achilles Shield” modernization program.
The message is clear: countries facing serious security threats are increasingly turning to Israel not only as an ally, but as a defense innovator.
If finalized as reported, the agreement would mark one of the largest Israel-Greece defense deals to date.
Both Korean and Israeli musicians took the stage together in South Korea as part of the United Philharmonic Orchestra, bringing the musical traditions of both countries into one performance.
Officials, public figures, and local citizens gathered for the concert this past July to celebrate 64 years of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Israel.
More than six decades after establishing ties, the two countries continue to build connections through music and cultural exchange.
The U.S. Justice Department is appealing the dismissal of its lawsuit against Harvard University, which accused the university of failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from antisemitic harassment.
The DOJ filed a notice asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to review U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns’ August 13 decision dismissing the case.
The lawsuit alleged that Harvard violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act in its response to antisemitism on campus following October 7. The appeal seeks to revive the case and return the dispute over Harvard’s handling of antisemitism to federal court.
