TEL AVIV, Israel, January 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Ziv Neurim is an Israeli non profit organization, founded by former Israeli Navy Commandos in 2000, in honor of Ziv Levy, a commando who fell in the line of duty. Its aim is to encourage youth (aged 12-15) at risk to experience success rather than failure through participating in challenging marine activities. Today the organization works with 19 groups with the aim of operating 25 such groups across the country by the end of the year. The Michael Cherney (Mikhail Chernoy) Foundation provided assistance in operating one of the groups consisting of 15 (mainly immigrants from the Former Soviet Union) youths from Natanya.

The 'Israel Academia Monitor' website tracks professors' and researchers' publications and views on Israel. The goal is to warn students and potential donors of the anti-Zionist propaganda waged by some professors at Israeli universities. MCF (Michael Cherney Fund) sees itself as an important partner with this organization in helping the effort to fight anti-Israeli rhetoric on campuses.

Im Tirtzu is a grassroots organization, founded by university students after the Second Lebanon War. It is dedicated to strengthening Israeli society by renewing the fundamental Zionist values of Israel as a vibrant Jewish and democratic state and by working to ensure that the voices of pro-Israel students are heard in Israel and the general media.

MCF sees it as a very important project to support, gladly allocating funds for further activities.

In 2008 Ha'sadna will celebrate its 25th anniversary, which in itself is a success of a vision that every child, no matter what economic environment or ethnic background or religion deserves a chance to study music and dance.

Yet another endowment from MCF provided grants for 450 children (ages 3-18) to continue their studies at this superb Jerusalem facility.

Headed by Rebbe Firer (Israel's Man of the Year-2003), ELM was founded 25years ago with the goal of bringing medical assistance to everyone in Israel, free of charge. ELM now has over 20 ambulances, $4million worth of medical equipment available for landing, computerized files of potential blood donors, first aid courses for volunteers, counseling and referral to specialists, and much more. The donation by MCF will help ELM to expand its activities.

Contact: Michael Cherney Fund 2 Kaufman str., Tel-Aviv, Israel http://www.cherfund.org Tel: +972-3-516-6016 Fax: +972-3-5161078

Contact: Michael Cherney Fund, 2 Kaufman str., Tel-Aviv, Israel, http://www.cherfund.org, Tel: +972-3-516-6016, Fax: +972-3-5161078