The Michael Cherney Foundation

Dear Mr. Cherney,
On behalf of the President and the Faculty of Maimonides Classical Jewish Academy we would like to express our deepest appreciation for the historical contribution you have made to the development of Russian education and medicine.

Ten years ago, you and your colleagues were the sole sponsors of the only Jewish public university in the new Russia.

Thanks to you, we have become one of the most prestigious schools in the world; we have acquired membership in UNESCO; we have become the European Center for training Hebrew teachers on college level; we also have the only medical school in Russia that uses modular method in its training.

Only thanks to your sponsorship do we have the theoretical knowledge and the practical experience that meet European academic standards.
We are grateful for your generous sponsorship of the clinical part of our medical school.

We will always remember your acts of kindness:

Since 1996, your contributions made it possible for the world to read 2000 years of Judaism, the Russia-published encyclopedia.
Both graduate and undergraduate students have received an opportunity to study in their native language in Israel, where you provided for all of their accommodations including transportation, residence, leisure, etc.

Thanks to you, more than 500 of our students have had their field studies in Israel while studying in their mother language. These students included victims of the Chernobyl catastrophe, who are thankful to you for the treatment they received in the Hadassah medical center.
Your donation has paid for three bone marrow transplants for Russian students performed in Hadassah medical center.

Two of our buildings, previously in a state of disrepair, were restored and equipped for academic studies.

Your contribution has made it possible to build and equip our suburban campus, including Departments of Medicine, Mathematics, Philosophy, Law, and Musical Studies; a hospital, an hotel and a banquet hall.
All of these were donated in full, down to every detail.

Your financial aid will make it possible to publish a new encyclopedia of Jewish names in the very near future.

We are currently working on finishing the preliminary work on acquiring 3000 sq. meters of land and building a School of Gerontology, adjacent to the suburban campus.

Dear Mr. Cherney, please accept the utmost appreciation from the staff and the students alike. We are sure that only future generations will fully appreciate your act of sponsorship.