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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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.
A new report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) revealed that over 70% of Jewish educators in teachers’ unions fear speaking out about antisemitism and admitted to feeling forced to self-censor.
The findings highlight widespread hostility, exclusion, and systemic challenges faced by Jewish teachers union members, where many described encountering hostile anti-Israel rhetoric and a lack of institutional support when reporting discrimination. Educational spaces should be champions of inclusion and respect, yet this report exposes how rising antisemitism continues to isolate Jewish educators.
This ADL report features firsthand accounts and further details regarding the challenges Jewish faculty and union members face on the ground.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act by a 237–169 vote, with 33 Democrats joining in support.
The newly passed legislation targets specific commercial boycotts of Israel by universities, requiring institutions participating in federal student-aid programs to certify that they do not engage in defined nonexpressive commercial boycotts of the country.
Additionally, colleges receiving specific international education funding must certify that students are not unreasonably blocked from taking part in academic programs involving Israel.
The legislation now heads to the Senate for further consideration.
In a sharp escalation of diplomatic tensions, Israel has announced it will shut down the British consulate in Jerusalem.
The decision comes in direct response to new sanctions introduced by the UK government targeting Jewish cities in Judea and Samaria, which includes a ban on settlement imports.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar strongly condemned the move, stating that foreign activities within Jerusalem the sovereign and undivided capital of Israel, must have the explicit consent of the state.
In addition to closing the consulate, Israel announced further countermeasures, including ending specific UK-led training programs and barring certain British officials from entry, emphasizing that hostile diplomatic actions against Israel will face a firm response.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense recently hosted a professional seminar focusing on the Japanese defense market for Israeli defense companies. 🇮🇱 🇯🇵
The event exemplified growing strategic collaboration and expanding defense ties between Israel and Japan, creating new avenues for cooperation, innovation, and partnership in the sector.
In a powerful tribute to family and service, Israeli Druze activist Marwan Jaber recently put on his father’s police uniform to announce that he’ll be enlisting in the IDF in two months.
His father has dedicated many years to volunteering with the Israel Police, embodying a deep-rooted legacy of commitment to the country.
His family’s profound connection to Israel highlights the enduring and unbreakable bond between the Jewish state and the wider Druze community, a valued religious minority that finds safety, security, and a shared home in Israel.
