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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'


Harvard prof quits, says was denied tenure for supporting Palestinians

In his resignation letter, Cornel West says he was denied tenure partially on the basis of his support of the Palestinians.

Cornel West speaks at a rally for Bernie Sanders

Michigan university fires professor for antisemitic and racist posts

Thomas Brennan, a physical sciences professor, had tweeted about a “Jewish mafia” and called the COVID-19 pandemic a “Jewish revolution.”

TWO INSTRUCTORS from the University of Michigan denied recommendation letters for a study abroad program because the students’ preferred destination was Israel

David Gitlitz, 78, scholar of Sephardic Jewish history, dies

Gitlitz, who died of complications from COVID-19 on Dec. 30, in Oaxaca, Mexico, where he lived in retirement, began his career as a professor of Spanish language and literature.

David Gitlitz was remembered by a family friend as a "great walking living library. He knew about everything!!"

UC Merced opens inquiry into professor’s antisemitic tweets

The account, launched in 2019, had tweeted over 2,220 times before it was deactivated.

UC Merced Professor Abbas Ghassemi tweeted images calling out "IsraHell" and the "Zionist brain."

David Shneer, beloved professor of Jewish studies, dies at 48

Shneer, who died at 48 following a decade-long battle with brain cancer, was by all accounts an unconventional academic.

University of Colorado professor David Shneer died on Nov. 4, 2020.

Prof. Yedidia Stern chosen as incoming president of JPPI

Stern serves as a professor in the Faculty of Law at Bar Ilan University, where he also previously served as dean, and holds a Doctorate in Law from Harvard University.

Professor Yedidia Stern

Iranian diplomat turned US professor accused of crimes against humanity

Mahallati’s aim at the UN was to "obfuscate and lie to the international community about mass crimes perpetrated by the Iranian regime.”

Jafar Mahallati speaks at TEDxTehran

Prof. Ruth Gavison: A legal giant and a born mensch

Prof. Gavison, or “Rutie” as she insisted, was a brilliant legal scholar whose reach and dimension I could only sense, since her incisive scholarship was well beyond the scope of my comprehension.

RUTH GAVISON attends a discussion on the ‘Jewish state’ bill, in the Knesset.

Bar-Ilan University appoints first Arab female full professor

Working in Bar-Ilan's Department of English Literature and Linguistics, Saiegh-Haddad's work specializes in developmental psycholinguistics and language acquisition.

Bar Ilan University's Institute for Nantechnology and Advanced Materials

Israel Prize laureate Professor Zeev Sternhell passes away at 85

Sternhell, who received the prize for his studies into political sciences, was known worldwide as an expert on fascism.

Sternhell