Michael Cherney Fund Assists in Publication of Jewish Literature

By Israel News Agency Staff

Jerusalem ----- April 29, 2008 ....... The recent publication of A Jew - Who Is He A National and Religious Self-Determination with Precedence Rulings by The High Court of Justice, by Gesharim Jerusalem, was sponsored by the Michael Cherney (Mikhail Chernoy) Foundation in Israel. The Cherney publication has become an excellent tool for those who are interested in Israel's dilemmas concerning religion and state.

The publication of the second volume (out of 9) of Collected Works by Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky by Jabotinsky Institute, Israel and "The Ark", Moscow Jewish Center is nearing a presentation, with sponsorship by the Michael Cherney Foundation. This is the first attempt to bring together all Jabotinsky's Russia language writings, 90 percent of which haven't been reprinted since the first publication. The project is expected to be completed in 2010, the 130th anniversary of Jabotinsky's birth and the 70th anniversary of his death.

The Druze community in Israel, with a generous grant from the Michael Cherney Foundation, will be publishing a memorial book in the name of Yuri Shtern, who, during his public office as an Israel Member of Knesset, assisted the Druze community in Israel. In this book, Yuri's Druze friends and associates share their personal stories and memories.

Another book in memory of MK Yuri Shtern (in Russian only) by professor of Tel Aviv University, Moshe Kenigshtein, was published by "Bridges of Culture Gesharim", with assistance from the MCF.
This book discusses the various effects that Russian immigration had on the development of Israel and the status of Russian immigrants at present time.

MCF has made the information war on terrorism a top priority among its activities. The first publication in the new series is called 'Truth and Lies' is a Russian edition of The Non-Existent Manuscript: A Study of the Protocols of the Sages of Zion by Cesare G. De Michelis which is a fascinating popular study, where every hypothesis is supported by incontrovertible evidence.

With assistance from MCF, Mechanaim has published the book Rav Avraham Kook - The Man And His Teachings". This is the first such work by Dr. Pinchas Polonsky, a lecturer at Bar Ilan University in Israel, that is dedicated solely to the analysis of religious Zionism.

The Michael Cherney Foundation provides help mostly to the new arrivals who have made Aliya to Israel, victims of catastrophes and acts of terrorism that continue to bleed Israel, as well as to low-income, victims of terror in other nations. Another equally important task assumed by the Cherney Foundation is the media effort in the war on global terror. Shortly after the Dolphinarium terror attack on a Tel Aviv disco in 2001, the Michael Cherney Foundation published a book entitled: Dolphinarium: Terror Targets the Young and produced an internationally acclaimed film documentary The Empty Rooms.