By Israel News Agency Staff

Jerusalem ----- June 19, 2008 ....... The Michael Cherney Foundation is continuing to assist a variety of charities in Israel.

"Diplomatic War for Jerusalem: The Story behind the Scenes" was published by Gesharim and co-sponsored by Israel's Embassy in Russian Federation, Michael Cherney Foundation (MCF), and Russian Jewish Congress Foundation. The book's release was timed to commemorate Israel's 60th birthday anniversary. It is the first comprehensive Russia language study of the problem of Jerusalem.

Diplomatic War for Jerusalem: The Story behind the Scenes were authored by Grigori Melamedov, researcher at Israel Section of Middle East Institute at Russian Academy of Sciences and Dr. Alec D. Epstein, lecturer at Open and Jewish Universities of Israel and Asia and Africa Institute at Moscow University.

The book researches the positions of the parties to the conflict at different stages of the negotiating process in Israel. The main focus is on the policy of the states that have controlled Jerusalem, beginning with the '20s - Britain, Jordan, and Israel, as well as the PLO and Palestinian administration since the mid -'90s.

The authors also explore the policies of the Vatican and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. Each of the book's five chapters reflects a certain stage of genesis of the complex Jerusalem conflict through a period of time. The last chapter analyzes Israel and Palestine public opinion on the problem of Jerusalem and various attempts to forecast future events affecting the capital of Israel.

Another book, “In the hot climate of events” published with the assistance of the Michael Cherney Foundation was written by Alexander Voronel. This book is a creative collection of philosophical essays on the events in the Middle East by a prominent dissident.

As Hamas continues to launch Qassam terror rockets from Gaza slamming into Israel civilian areas, there is a growing number of victims in Israel Negev city of Sderot. The Michael Cherney Foundation sees itself as a partner in rendering assistance to those suffering from this Islamic terrorist onslaught.

One of the victims in Israel, Boris Zinger, was making ends meet by teaching Yiddish in a pensioner’s club. On December 24 he was wounded by shrapnel from a Qassam rocket launched by Hamas. As a result of his injuries, Zinger's hearing was severely damaged to the point of needing medical treatment including the purchase of a hearing aid for which the Michael Cherney Foundation allocated funds.

The Michael Cherney Foundation is also continuing with critical charity assistance and humanitarian aid to private citizens in Israel who have found themselves in severe hardship situations. One vivid example is that of Igor S., a father of 4 children in Israel ages 5 -17, who was struck by an absurd hardship.

While receiving allowance from the Israel National Insurance Institute, Igor started a leadership course, which led to the cancellation of the payment from NII and a 7,000 shekels penalty fee for studying while receiving aid. As of today, his family survives on a bare 1000 shekels (300 USD) from Israel Ministry of Development and another 1000 for kids from NII out of which they deduct 500 for penalty payment.

To save the innocent victims of this heartless bureaucracy, the Michael Cherney Foundation rendered immediate assistance to Igor's family.

The Michael Cherney Fund views its main overall objective as helping democratic nations in their war on terrorism as well as the realization of the intellectual potential of the post-Soviet emigres to Israel and their integration into the Israel society.

The Michael Cherney Foundation Website was born on June 1, 2001, on the night of the barbaric terror bombing outside the Dolphinarium Disco in Tel Aviv. When Michael Cherney learned the number of victims - twenty one teenagers dead and over 150 wounded - he realized that rendering assistance required a systematic organized effort. This was the genesis of the Michael Cherney Foundation.

Prior to 2001, Michael (Mikhail Chernoy) Cherney was engaged in charity work in Russia, the Ukraine, Central Asia, Bulgaria, the US and wherever he conducted business. Cherney (Chernoy) made valuable contributions to Jewish philanthropy in Russia.

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

Another equally important task assumed by the Cherney Foundation is the media effort in the war on Islamic terror and Apartheid. Shortly after the Dolphinarium attack, the Cherney Foundation published a book called Dolphinarium: Terror Targets the Young. The book is an oral history, a representation of the voices of the parents who lost their children and the teenager victims themselves. The book was published in three languages and met with acclaim in Israel, the United States and Russia.

Willy Lindwer, a famous Dutch documentary filmmaker, used the book as the basis for his film Empty Rooms. The film, already acclaimed internationally, was also financed by the Cherney Foundation.

The Fund's contribution in conveying the truths about the war of terror against the Jewish people has been welcomed with high appreciation from the media, public organizations, and the Israel government.

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

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