NADAV SHOAT

Nadav D. Shoat currently serves as the Director of Economic Strategy at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, DC, where he facilitates professional economic relations with the US federal government. Before his current role, Nadav worked in the Department of Wage and Labor Agreements for Israel’s Ministry of Finance in Jerusalem, focusing on improving public health services for the Israeli public. Nadav holds a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he also worked as a professor’s assistant in the Department of Economics. Beginning in Summer 2024, Nadav will pursue a Master of Policy Management (MPM) at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, supported by the E. David Fischman Scholarship.

The St. Paul Jewish Federation administers the scholarship fund, which has granted 97 scholarships since its inception. With the high cost of tuition, often as much as $75,000 a year, an increasing number of applicants seek this prestigious prize. The E. David Fischman Scholarship, administered through the St. Paul Jewish Federation, provides full tuition and most general fees (excluding medical and housing) for graduate degrees through completion of a doctorate in political science, law, or economics at a top university in the U.S., such as (but not limited to) Harvard, Yale, Stanford, or Columbia, to Israelis who have served in the IDF. The scholarship is awarded annually to a limited number of qualified applicants. Upon completion of their studies, Fischman Scholarship recipients are obliged to return to Israel and occupy a position in their profession in civic or political life for a minimum of five years.

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