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Maccabee Task Force

UCLA students visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem on a Maccabee Task Force trip to Israel, July 2026. (UCLA Hillel)
July 23, 2026, 2:53 am
Anti-Zionism still ravages UCLA. Some non-Jewish students seek answers in Israel
With tensions over the Jewish state still simmering at one of America’s most polarized campuses, a student trip challenges assumptions and asks leaders to form alliances with ‘ostracized’ Jews
By Zev Stub
CUFI executive director, David Brog, speaking at the group's Israel Policy Conference in Washington, DC, July 13-14, 2015. (CUFI via JTA)
February 19, 2022, 8:05 am
Adelson protégé, head of pro-Israel group David Brog, running for Congress in Nevada
Jewish founder of pro-evangelical group, who now runs Adelson-funded campus organization, hopes to unseat Democrat incumbent with help of recent redistricting
By Ron Kampeas
Casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson in attendance at the 4th Annual Champions Of Jewish Values International Awards Gala at Marriott Marquis Times Square on May 5, 2016, in New York City. (Steve Mack/Getty Images via JTA)
October 7, 2019, 8:57 pm
Anti-BDS group backed by Adelson heads to 6 countries outside US
From the start of the new academic year, Maccabee Task Force will expand its footprint from American campuses to ‘Europe and beyond’
By Eric Cortellessa
Illustrative: Students at a "Hebrew Liberation Week" event at Columbia University, initiated in 2017 (Maccabee Task Force)
August 30, 2018, 4:55 pm
Adelson-backed college activist group to double presence to 80 campuses
Maccabee Task Force, which works to counter BDS movement at universities, will also begin operating in Canada for first time
By JTA
Above and main picture: Students on a Rutgers trip to Israel financed by the Maccabee Task Force pose against the background of sunrise over Masada (Courtesy)
July 3, 2018, 4:39 pm
How Sheldon Adelson just might be turning the tide against BDS on US campuses
David Brog, head of the Maccabee Task Force, says a savvy action plan, lots of money and a focus on empowering (almost) all pro-Israel students are gradually ‘taking back the quad’
By David Horovitz
Sheldon Adelson attends the Republican Jewish Coalition annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas on February 24, 2017. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
October 4, 2017, 2:57 pm
Sheldon Adelson group changes how it’s selling Israel on campus
The Maccabee Task Force is quietly making inroads among college progressives who have been a focus for anti-Israel activity
By Ron Kampeas
David Brog
September 3, 2016, 9:26 am
David Brog
The LA Times’ alternate reality
The paper ran untrue allegations against his Adelson-backed campus org, while ignoring rising campus anti-Semitism
A poster placed on campuses by the David Horowitz Freedom Center beginning in February 2106 features an image of ’60s-era radical Angela Davis and messages condemning the boycott movement against Israel. (Courtesy: David Horowitz Freedom Center)
August 24, 2016, 2:31 pm
Anti-BDS group distances itself from conservative foundation’s poster campaign
Maccabee Task Force disavows images of student activists accused of allying ‘themselves with Palestinian terrorists’
By JTA
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