Jewish foundations and federations effectively boycott investments in Israel. This strange phenomenon, while unintentional and seemingly preposterous, is true. Worse still, Jewish endowments actually invest more in Qatar, a primary funder of Hamas, than in Israel. Yet these very same organizations also fund Israel advocacy and efforts to combat BDS, the effort to delegitimize Israel […]
Scott A. Shay
Scott A. Shay is co-founder and executive chairman of Signature Bank and chairman of the investment committee of the Elah Fund, a private equity fund that invests in Israel.