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Consumer guilt costs companies billions in abandoned online shopping carts - study

“When the shopping cart is perceived as too indulgent, consumers find it difficult to justify the expense to themselves and sometimes simply choose not to buy,” said TAU researcher Prof. Liat Hadar.

A smartphone displays the Amazon logo in front of a screen showing the company's latest stock market chart on January 29, 2026.
A Norwegian flag flutters over building in Oslo, Norway May 31, 2017.

Norwegian university professor: October 7 attacks 'most beautiful thing to happen in our century'

Harvard University's "Veritas" shield is seen on a gate on Feb. 17, 2024.

Former US treasury secretary to resign from Harvard over Epstein ties

Dr. Yolanda Yavor, a 50-year-old lecturer and prominent anti-government protest figure, was arrested on Friday morning on suspicion of incitement following a social-media post calling for a “rebellion” and urging action against what she described as Israel’s “traitorous” leadership.

Anti-gov’t activist held on suspicion of incitement after social media post calling for ‘rebellion'


Bargain hunter buys 700-year-old manuscript for $75

A bargain hunter went to an estate sale looking to find a simple KitchenAid mixer, a bookshelf, or some vintage clothing. He instead walked away with a 700-year-old manuscript.

 Medieval illuminated manuscript

Academic, apprehended: Israeli educator detained for dealing drugs

The professor, a resident of central Israel in his sixties, serves as head of a dental laboratory at a recognized university in Israel.

 Drugs seized by police in a professor's home

Pro-Iran professor slips up on his ‘crimes against humanity’ in interview

Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, a professor of Islamic Studies at Oberlin College in Ohio called the regime-sanctioned massacre of 5,000 Iranians “little details.”

Jafar Mahallati speaks at TEDxTehran

Relatives of murdered Iranian prisoners speak out against Oberlin professor

On Monday, The Jerusalem Post reported that Oberlin College professor Mahallati supported a 1989 fatwa, or decree, to assassinate writer Salman Rushdie.

 Protest for the removal of Oberlin College professor Mohammad Jafar Mahallati

Academic freedom of Jewish prof. who reported antisemitism was violated

Linfield fired Pollack-Pelzner shortly after he went public with accusations of antisemitism against the school’s president.

 A 2018 photo of the Linfield University campus in McMinnville, Ore.

An anti-Israel professor teaches at McGill - opinion

Professor Rula Jurdi Abisaab of McGill University in Montreal worked with Samah Idriss, the late Lebanese writer and anti-Zionist activist.

 A ‘FREE PALESTINE’ mural on Pine Avenue West (Avenue des Pins) in Montreal, where the writer walks to class at McGill University each morning.

Heroic Prof. Justus Rosenberg dies at 100 years old

During the Holocaust, Rosenberg worked as a courier for a rescue effort led by the American journalist Varian Fry to save intellectuals, writers and artists stuck under Nazi rule.

A NINE-PANEL sculpture by Israeli artist Yaacov Agam stands near the entrance of the Holocaust Memorial in New Orleans.

High Court lets Gallant deny Israel Prize to math professor

Critics of the decision called on the remaining Israel Prize winners to refuse to accept their prizes in solidarity with Prof. Goldreich.

Members of the "Im Tirzu" movement protest outside a court hearing on petitions against the Jewish Nation-State Law, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on December 22, 2020

Do Jewish studies courses require warning labels? - opinion

As academia has become increasingly 'woke', students should scrutinize every syllabus before enrolling, seeking balance. When a syllabus fails the test, you at least know what you’re getting in to.

PROTESTERS BRANDISH anti-Israel signs outside the Durban Conference opening session, August 31, 2001.

David Sompolinsky, distinguished professor and WWII hero, turns 100

David Sompolinsky, professor emeritus at Bar Ilan University, turned 100 on Friday. He was active in the rescue of Danish Jews during WWII, and his 100th birthday was noted in the Danish press.

Danish Jews arrive in Sweden