Scott A. Shay
Scott A. Shay is a leading businessman, thought leader, and author of several widely read books on profound issues facing the Jewish community. Scott was the co-founder and Chairman of
Signature Bank, once known as one of the best banks in New York for private business owners.
Scott earned a BA in Economics and a Masters in Management from Northwestern University, a valuable experience due to the commitment of his professors to high academic standards and the ideals of the university’s motto.
His third book, Conspiracy U: A Case Study, utilizes this motto as a backdrop to illustrate how his alma mater and academia in general have departed from these standards and ideals, sacrificing academic integrity and trustworthy scholarship in favor of Conspiracy Theories.
Scott is a distinguished leader in the Jewish community and an avid student of religion and its application to the world outside of the synagogue, church, or mosque. These interests are reflected in Conspiracy U, as well as his previous two books, In Good Faith: Questioning Religion and Atheism and Getting Our Groove Back: How to Energize American Jewry.
Scott lives in New York, NY.
CONSPIRACY U
OCTOBER 2021
Conspiracy U exposes how conspiracy theories drawn from far-right and far-left ideologies masquerade as scholarship at many universities, endangering our norms and conceptions of morality and truth.
#1 Amazon New Book Release in Jewish History of Religion
2022 Gold Literary Titan Book Award winner
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Walt “Clyde” Frazier NBA Legend
"Scott is a much-needed referee calling fouls on professors who aren't playing by the rules."
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Yossi Klein Halevi, Author of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
"Scott Shay has written a courageous and compelling critique of the ways that anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have taken root in parts of academia."
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Detroit Free Press
"A devastating and clear-minded deep dive into the phenomenon of conspiracy theories."