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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'


Between hatred and antisemitism: Suspended Hebrew U prof. finds new job at Princeton - opinion

Professor Shalhoub-Kevorkian will be teaching a course titled "Gender, Reproduction and Genocide" at Princeton University.

PROF. NADERA Shalhoub-Kevorkian, arrested on suspicion of incitement, arrives for a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court last year. If you thought she would be left without a job after her remarks, think again, says the writer.

Two Jewish students sue MIT, tenured professor for antisemitic harassment, doxing

Two Jewish students have sued the MIT due to antisemitic discrimination they allegedly suffered at the hands of both the university itself as well as a tenured professor.

 MIT STUDENTS were among the first to cheer the Hamas pogrom, says the writer.

For the first time since Henry VIII created the role, a Jew will helm Hebrew studies at Cambridge

Aaron Koller is packing up from New York City, where he has taught at Yeshiva University, specializing in Hebrew from biblical to medieval texts, since earning his doctorate there in 2009.

 Aaron Koller teaches at Cambridge University during the 2022-23 school year.

Prof. Joseph Bodenheimer, pioneering physicist and academic leader, passes away at 83

He is survived by his wife, Rachel, eight children, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

 Joseph S. Bodenheimer

Putting democracy under the microscope

The Center for Applied Research on Risks to Democracy opens its doors at Tel Aviv University.

 PROF. EYAL BENVENISTI

Hebrew U prof. who denied October 7 crimes arrested on suspicion of incitement

In October, Hebrew U. issued a letter condemning Shalhoub-Kevorkian’s “alignment with a petition characterizing Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocidal and labeling it an occupying force since 1948."

 Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian on the Makdisi Street Podcast on March 9, 2024.

The simple mistake that you could be making in your Zoom interviews

New study suggests background-image choice may affect judgments of trustworthiness and competence

MANHI IS working to make Zoom teaching more interesting and effective.

Israel slams 'modern-day antisemitic blood libel' in Princeton syllabus

In a letter to the president and the dean of faculty at Princeton, Minister Amichai Chikli condemns the university’s promotion of a “blood libel.”

 Israeli Diaspora Affairs and Combatting Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli is seen addressing the American Jewish Committee (AJC) conference in Tel Aviv, on June 14, 2023.

Former Mexican president calls leading Jewish politician a ‘Bulgarian Jew’

In response to criticism of his comments, Fox tweeted out rebuttals, calling Sheinbaum a “Bulgarian Jew” and Marcelo Ebrard, a former foreign minister also in the Morena party, a “French snob.”

 Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum

Florida man spent 100 days underwater, says he feels 10 years younger

Back in May, at 74 days, Dr. Joseph Dituri broke the world record for the longest time staying underwater without depressurization.

Diving explorer and medical researcher Dr. Joseph Dituri waves to scuba diver Thane Milhoan inside the Jules' Undersea Lodge, in a Key Largo lagoon, Florida Keys, Florida, US, May 13, 2023.