The summit included representatives from 50 Jewish organizations and focused on confronting activities the group considers as antisemitic, particularly the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
[3][4] Initial organizers and funders such as Sheldon Adelson, Haim Saban, and Adam Milstein planned three components of the Campus Maccabees: donors for funding, on-campus activists to advocate on college campuses, and researchers to investigate anti-Israel groups and identify opportunities for legal challenges.
[1] Programming varied across campuses, but generally involved trips to Israel for mostly non-Jewish student leaders, activities to promote their objectives as well as coalition building with other organizations.
Over the course of the academic year, a chapter would hold roughly 20 events[5] with the goal of building allyship with non-Jewish students on campus.
[6] After the October 7 attacks, MTF organized a trip to Israel for 40 non-Jewish and Jewish student leaders from across the United States in January 2024.