Michael Cherney Foundation Provides Funds For Jewish, Israel, Poland, Slavs Research

 

By Herb Brandon
Israel News Agency

Jerusalem --- March 19, 2009 .....The year 2008 has been designated as the year of Poland in Israel. It has been dedicated to the strengthening of friendly relations between these two states and nations.

With assistance from the Michael Cherney (Mikhail Chernoy) Foundation, the 21st volume of the academic series "Jews and Slavs" has become a successful joint Israeli-Polish endeavor.

The volume's title is Jews, Poles and Russians: Jewish Polish and Jewish Russian Contacts. It was published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Center for Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Gdansk University Institute of Slavic Philology with editing by Professor Wolf Moscovich and Irena Fijalkowska-Janiak.

This volume represents the ongoing state-of-art research work of Israeli and Polish colleagues. Various themes connected with the history of Jews in Poland are based on newly discovered archival material. Also the relations between church and the Jews are analyzed. The subject of anti-Semitism in Poland and Russia is discussed, as well as new revealing material on philosemitism and relations to Jews of major Polish writers is contained in several articles. A group of papers is included on the subject of Jewish languages which is rapidly developing in Poland today.

An interested reader will find in this volume a wealth of new insights on the above mentioned topics and related subjects. Articles in Slavic and West European languages appear here as in the established pattern for the series Jews and Slavs: 12 of the articles are in Russian, 5 in Polish, and 6 in English.

The Michael Cherney (Mikhail Chernoy) Foundation views its main overall objective as helping democratic nations in their war on terrorism as well as realization of the intellectual potential of the post-Soviet e'migre's to Israel and their integration into the Israel society.

The Cherney Fund was born on June 1, 2001, on the night of the barbaric Islamic terrorist bombing outside the Dolphinarium Disco in Tel Aviv. When Michael Cherney learned that the number of victims was twenty one dead and over 150 wounded, he realized that rendering assistance required a systematic organized effort. Prior to 2001, Cherney (Chernoy) was engaged in charity work in Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, Bulgaria, the US - wherever he did business. He made especially valuable contributions to Jewish philanthropy in Russia.

Following the Dolphinarium terror attack tragedy, the Cherney Fund became the helping hand for all the victims. In a misfortune like this, emigres from the former Soviet countries are even worse off than the Israel born: they don't have a support system or savings. The Michael Cherney Foundation, therefore, renders help mostly to the new arrivals, (Olim making Aliya to Israel) victims of catastrophes and terror attacks that continue to bleed Israel, as well as to the low-income victims of terror in other countries.

The Fund's contribution into conveying the truth about the war of terror against the Jewish people has met with high appreciation from the media, public organizations, and the Israel government.

The Cherney (Chernoy) Fund also actively participates in various children and youth-oriented programs, human rights in Israel and counter-anti-Semitism projects, in addition to various academic and athletic programs.

 

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