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”
The Latest From @MacTaskForce
A new national audit is raising serious questions about the academic environment surrounding Jewish Studies, Israel Studies, Hebrew, and Holocaust Studies at American universities.
According to The Olam’s “Who Teaches Judaism in America?” audit, 1,298 of 2,499 faculty and institutional records examined — 51.9% — contained a documented public anti-Israel position under the study’s methodology. At Ivy League universities, 72.3% of audited records met the study’s criteria.
Among faculty specifically identified as teaching in Jewish Studies, Israel Studies, Hebrew, or Holocaust Studies, the figure was 39.5%.
Importantly, the audit says it did not count ordinary criticism of Israel as “anti-Israel.” Criticism of Israeli government policy, opposition to settlements, support for Palestinian rights, support for a two-state solution, or criticism of specific IDF operations were not included.
Instead, the category focused on public positions such as endorsing academic boycotts of Israeli institutions, describing Zionism as settler-colonialism, characterizing Israel as an apartheid state, or challenging Israel’s legitimacy as a Jewish state.
Students entering programs dedicated to Judaism, Israel, Hebrew, and the Holocaust deserve serious scholarship — not academic environments where Jewish self-determination is treated as uniquely illegitimate.
The report should raise urgent questions for universities, donors, parents, and Jewish communal leaders about who is shaping the next generation’s understanding of Jewish history, Israel, and antisemitism.
US Special Envoy for Peace Missions Jared Kushner sees new opportunities to expand the Abraham Accords after Israel’s upcoming elections and the resolution of the war in Gaza.
Kushner, one of the main players in the historic normalization agreements, expressed optimism that the next political chapter in Israel could create openings for additional Arab and Muslim countries to establish relations with the Jewish state.
The Abraham Accords demonstrated that decades of hostility do not have to define the Middle East’s future. More normalization means more diplomacy, cooperation, trade, and opportunities for both Israelis and their neighbors to build a more peaceful region together.
The United Arab Emirates has halted all trade, commercial exchanges, and financial transactions with Iran until further notice, marking a significant economic step against the regime.
The UAE Foreign Ministry said the decision comes in response to regional escalation that is undermining “regional and international peace and security.” The ministry also stressed its commitment to protecting the integrity of the international financial system.
The UAE has long been one of Iran’s most important regional trading partners, making the decision particularly consequential.
A powerful act of solidarity from Swedish Education and Integration Minister Simona Mohamsson.
Mohamsson, whose father is Palestinian and mother is Lebanese, wore a Star of David during Sweden’s party leaders’ debate to stand with Jews facing rising antisemitism. Her message was focused on Jewish children who feel they can no longer display their identity openly in Sweden.
At a time when many Jews feel pressured to hide who they are, solidarity like this is critical. Thank you Simona, for standing against hatred.
Toronto Metropolitan University is taking new steps to address antisemitism and campus safety after an independent review found the university had “too often failed” to enforce its own policies consistently and decisively.
The review followed a disrupted campus event featuring federal minister Evan Solomon where protesters reportedly targeted attendees with accusations including “war criminal,” “baby killer,” and “murderer.” It also warned of a “deteriorating campus climate” for Jewish students and staff.
TMU has now created the President’s Implementation Task Force on Campus Expression, Antisemitism, and Community Safety, led by former Canadian ambassador Bob Rae, to develop a plan for implementing the review’s recommendations.
The U.S. Department of War has ordered 30 American universities to conduct immediate security audits of their academic, financial, and research relationships with foreign entities of concern.
The Department says the action is intended to protect taxpayer-funded research from unauthorized technology transfers, intellectual property theft, and exploitation by foreign adversaries. Universities must review sensitive research, address problematic partnerships, and report their findings and actions by August 31.
Israeli Jews and American Christians have long been digging side-by-side to uncover the mysteries of ancient Bethsaida on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
The excavation began in 2016 as a partnership involving Israeli archaeologists and American Christian scholars and students. Researchers have uncovered evidence of an ancient Jewish fishing village and a Byzantine basilica traditionally associated with Peter and Andrew. Bethsaida is identified in the New Testament as the hometown of Peter, Andrew, and Philip.
Today, the project is entering its 10th excavation season, another example of Christians and Jews working together to preserve and better understand the history that connects both faiths to the Land of Israel.
🎥: State of Israel
Saudi school textbooks are continuing to undergo gradual but notable changes in tone toward Israel, non-Muslims, and coexistence.
According to IMPACT-se’s July 2026 review of Saudi textbooks from 2024–2026, a Grade 11 textbook removed the phrase “The Muslims will never give up Jerusalem,” while other revisions softened or removed some hostile language surrounding Israel and Zionism.
The report also identifies broader curriculum changes emphasizing coexistence, tolerance, and critical thinking, alongside reductions in some language promoting religious exclusivity.
Education shapes generations, and incremental changes toward greater tolerance and coexistence are worth recognizing.
🎥: i24 News
