Jed Silver
@jedsilver.bsky.social
Development economist focusing on agricultural households + markets. Lecturer (AP) Environmental Economics and Management at Hebrew U. https://www.jedediahsilver.com/
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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Noise pollution from electric passenger rail harms babies' health.
"I estimate that the annual cost of noise pollution due to harms to health at birth is $9.8 billion."
Black, Hispanic, and the poorest Americans disproportionately bear these costs.
This is such a cool paper!
"I estimate that the annual cost of noise pollution due to harms to health at birth is $9.8 billion."
Black, Hispanic, and the poorest Americans disproportionately bear these costs.
This is such a cool paper!
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Noise pollution from electric passenger rail harms babies' health.
"I estimate that the annual cost of noise pollution due to harms to health at birth is $9.8 billion."
Black, Hispanic, and the poorest Americans disproportionately bear these costs.
This is such a cool paper!
"I estimate that the annual cost of noise pollution due to harms to health at birth is $9.8 billion."
Black, Hispanic, and the poorest Americans disproportionately bear these costs.
This is such a cool paper!
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The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
TROP c'est TROP
New paper: Triply Robust Panel Estimators (TROP) by @susanathey.bsky.social @guidoimbens.bsky.social Zhaonan Qu @vivianodavide.bsky.social.
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
TROP c'est TROP
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Whether it’s Trump illegally deporting immigrants to Uganda or Zohran Mamdani being born in Uganda, the East African nation is having a moment across the political spectrum.
August 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Whether it’s Trump illegally deporting immigrants to Uganda or Zohran Mamdani being born in Uganda, the East African nation is having a moment across the political spectrum.
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Important speech by Tel Aviv University economics professor Ro'ee Levy at the Israel Economic Association meeting, in which he links together insights from economics research, personal experience and information about the devastating situation in Gaza: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Israeli Economic Association Conference – Closing Panel Roee Levy, July 17, 2025 The topic of this panel is trends in the Israeli economy, and I am going to talk about the most important trend: the w...
docs.google.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Important speech by Tel Aviv University economics professor Ro'ee Levy at the Israel Economic Association meeting, in which he links together insights from economics research, personal experience and information about the devastating situation in Gaza: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
"Liberal Jews like myself need to overcome our shame, which pushes some of us to avoid or deny the reality of Gaza. Instead we must grapple with guilt; not in the sense of personal culpability but in our collective responsibility toward and solidarity with our Israeli kin and Palestinian neighbors."
Israeli political scientist Lihi Ben Shitrit:
"The more I learn about genocide, the more shocked and embarrassed I am by my own ignorance. Once I actively tried to be better informed about genocide, the picture in Gaza became terrifyingly clear."
forward.com/opinion/7598...
"The more I learn about genocide, the more shocked and embarrassed I am by my own ignorance. Once I actively tried to be better informed about genocide, the picture in Gaza became terrifyingly clear."
forward.com/opinion/7598...
As an Israeli political scientist, I resisted thinking this war was a genocide. Here's what changed my mind
The incitement for genocide in the Israeli public sphere is undeniable. So why are so many of us liberal Jews so reluctant?
forward.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
"Liberal Jews like myself need to overcome our shame, which pushes some of us to avoid or deny the reality of Gaza. Instead we must grapple with guilt; not in the sense of personal culpability but in our collective responsibility toward and solidarity with our Israeli kin and Palestinian neighbors."
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You help us mobilize thousands of Jews and Israelis, train community and student leaders, and disrupt business as usual across our country – because there cannot be normalcy while our government continues starving and killing Palestinians across Gaza.
Give today:
Give today:
Our crowdfunding campaign just got to 50 percent! You’re helping drive our fight for a different future in Israel-Palestine – thank you. Donate: omdi.me/thefight4life (1/2)
July 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
You help us mobilize thousands of Jews and Israelis, train community and student leaders, and disrupt business as usual across our country – because there cannot be normalcy while our government continues starving and killing Palestinians across Gaza.
Give today:
Give today:
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Literally joined this platform (finally) to share this AEDE blog. If you are not heartbroken at the scale of child suffering in Gaza, you are not paying attention. Call your federal rep — at the very least. u.osu.edu/aede/2025/07...
July 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Literally joined this platform (finally) to share this AEDE blog. If you are not heartbroken at the scale of child suffering in Gaza, you are not paying attention. Call your federal rep — at the very least. u.osu.edu/aede/2025/07...
As a new Israeli, I cannot be silent about Gaza. How can the pictures of skeletal, starving children not shock one into action? Yet so many Israelis do not see these pictures in the media, can't fathom that we're actually responsible for them, or simply do not see these bodies as human kids. (1/4)
July 30, 2025 at 5:42 AM
As a new Israeli, I cannot be silent about Gaza. How can the pictures of skeletal, starving children not shock one into action? Yet so many Israelis do not see these pictures in the media, can't fathom that we're actually responsible for them, or simply do not see these bodies as human kids. (1/4)
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This piece is very moving, and reflects how I am feeling about the Israel/Gaza calamity.
Silence in the Face of Gaza's Starvation is Absolute Betrayal of Holocaust Victims
By Orit Kamir
Originally published in Haaretz
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thanks to @deanbaker13.bsky.social for posting it.
Silence in the Face of Gaza's Starvation is Absolute Betrayal of Holocaust Victims
By Orit Kamir
Originally published in Haaretz
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thanks to @deanbaker13.bsky.social for posting it.
Column on the Responsibility of Israelis to Speak Up Against Mass Starvation in Gaza
I generally restrict my comments here to economic issues, but some things are hard to ignore.
substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This piece is very moving, and reflects how I am feeling about the Israel/Gaza calamity.
Silence in the Face of Gaza's Starvation is Absolute Betrayal of Holocaust Victims
By Orit Kamir
Originally published in Haaretz
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thanks to @deanbaker13.bsky.social for posting it.
Silence in the Face of Gaza's Starvation is Absolute Betrayal of Holocaust Victims
By Orit Kamir
Originally published in Haaretz
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thanks to @deanbaker13.bsky.social for posting it.
While our government starves Gaza, Standing Together is a grassroots organization of Jews and Palestinians fighting to change this abhorrent reality. I am proud to be an ambassador for their annual fundraiser. Please consider donating to amplify this important voice
causematch.com/standing_tog...
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Fighting for Life - Standing Together Crowdfunder
Donate now to Standing Together, the largest grassroots Jewish-Palestinian movement in Israel
causematch.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
While our government starves Gaza, Standing Together is a grassroots organization of Jews and Palestinians fighting to change this abhorrent reality. I am proud to be an ambassador for their annual fundraiser. Please consider donating to amplify this important voice
causematch.com/standing_tog...
causematch.com/standing_tog...
Not enough people are talking about Zohran Mamdani AKA Young Cardamom's Luganda rap
youtu.be/5upeWPTzFgc?...
youtu.be/5upeWPTzFgc?...
Young Cardamom & HAB - Kanda (Chap Chap)
YouTube video by Young Cardamom & HAB
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June 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Not enough people are talking about Zohran Mamdani AKA Young Cardamom's Luganda rap
youtu.be/5upeWPTzFgc?...
youtu.be/5upeWPTzFgc?...
I am proud to have been a part of yesterday's demonstration mentioned here www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Israelis protest against Gaza war with rare outcry over Palestinian casualties
Holocaust survivors gathering on Holocaust Memorial Day speak out against Palestinian starvation and suffering
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I am proud to have been a part of yesterday's demonstration mentioned here www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
I look forward to the very causal and robust study led by Ariely, Gino and Islam
CBS story on RFK Jr.'s "autism study" which aims to amass medical records on Americans.
RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.
www.cbsnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I look forward to the very causal and robust study led by Ariely, Gino and Islam
Exact MAGA hat algebra
This is their "methodology." ustr.gov/issue-areas/...
April 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Exact MAGA hat algebra
די. מספיק. חלאס. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
15 first responders killed in Rafah, U.N. says; IDF orders mass evacuation
Aid agencies say the workers were killed and buried in a mass grave in Rafah in southern Gaza. Residents described being shot at along the evacuation route.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
די. מספיק. חלאס. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Trying again since the thread didn't appear correctly: today's cool young researcher #econsky is @pbiscaye.bsky.social at CERDI who works on topics related to development, labor + agriculture
March 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Trying again since the thread didn't appear correctly: today's cool young researcher #econsky is @pbiscaye.bsky.social at CERDI who works on topics related to development, labor + agriculture
Look Ma, I did a thing!
1. The retail establishment widely cited as the first legitimate department store opened its doors to provide a "good bargain" to local Parisians in 1838. What was the name of this store?
JE SUIS PENNEY
#LL104 #bestwronganswers
JE SUIS PENNEY
#LL104 #bestwronganswers
March 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Look Ma, I did a thing!
Elon Musk isn't destroying American democracy, Big Balls is.
It's arguably not even the biggest problem with this post that Musk retweeted, but claiming that "Hitler didn't murder millions of people" is quintessential Holocaust denialism. (Don't expect ADL to care.)
March 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Elon Musk isn't destroying American democracy, Big Balls is.
Happy "foil the evil plot of the wicked power-hungry advisor to the buffoon king" holiday to all who celebrate!
March 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Happy "foil the evil plot of the wicked power-hungry advisor to the buffoon king" holiday to all who celebrate!
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The Trump administration instrumentalizing the term "antisemitism" to further their crusaid against research and academia follows an old trope:
Using Jews as a scapegoat for their policies. This, in turn, creates more real antisemitism, as people will blame "the Jews."
Using Jews as a scapegoat for their policies. This, in turn, creates more real antisemitism, as people will blame "the Jews."
March 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The Trump administration instrumentalizing the term "antisemitism" to further their crusaid against research and academia follows an old trope:
Using Jews as a scapegoat for their policies. This, in turn, creates more real antisemitism, as people will blame "the Jews."
Using Jews as a scapegoat for their policies. This, in turn, creates more real antisemitism, as people will blame "the Jews."