Aubrey Chernick
Aubrey Chernick is a US software entrepreneur. He is married to Joyce Chernick and it was reported in 2010 that Chernick has a net worth of 750 million.[1]
The Chernicks have funded a range of pro-Israel groups through their charitable foundation, the Fairbrook Foundation:[2] and David Horowitz's Freedom Center
- The Chernicks did not respond to messages relayed through Horowitz and a spokesman. But according to Horowitz, Joyce Chernick offered four years ago to fund Spencer and Jihad Watch, then functioning as a stand-alone nonprofit, under the Horowitz Center’s organizational umbrella.[3]
In 2010 Politico also confirmed that "the lion's share of the $920,000 the Freedom Center provided over the past three years to Jihad Watch came from Joyce Chernick."[3] Chernick was also a "onetime trustee of the hawkish Washington Institute for Near East Policy."[3] In that same article it was also suggested that the Chernicks were key funders behind the opposition to the Cordoba House initiative or "Ground Zero Mosque:"
- But there’s also big money behind the mosque opposition, as highlighted by the relationship between [David] Horowitz’s Los Angeles-based nonprofit, Jihad Watch — the website run by Spencer “dedicated to bringing public attention to the role that jihad theology and ideology play in the modern world” — and Joyce Chernick, the wife of a wealthy California tech company founder.[3]
Views
In addition to being a businessman, Chernick is believed to harbor "strong right-wing pro-Israel views."[4] In a post dedicated to the Chernicks Richard Silverstein asks: "Is it any accident that Chernick’s philanthropy supports Muslim-bashing and provokes fear in the minds of New Yorkers and Americans that Muslims will harm American security and sully the memories of the 9/11 victims?[4] Using Chernick's support for the neoconservative Foundation for the Defense of Democracies[2] as one example, Silverstein also suggests that Chernick may have been one of the mystery funders behind the anti-Muslim film, Obsession.[4]
- I hate to say it but in the Chernicks, we have yet another prospect for the mystery funder of the $20-million promotion of the anti-Muslim film, Obsession, during the last presidential campaign. Not to mention a prospect for funding the entire roster of three films produced by the Aish HaTorah offshoot, the Clarion Fund.
Affiliations
- Joyce Chernick - Aubrey is Joyce's husband[1]
- Pajamas Media - Chernick is a a key investor[3]
- Washington Institute for Near East Policy - Chernick was a "onetime trustee"[3]
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies - Provided $120k in 2005[2] (his wife Joyce served on the board)[5]
- David Horowitz Freedom Center - funds this right wing group via the Fairbrook Foundation
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LA Business Journal, "The 50 Wealthiest Angelenos: Aubrey Chernick - #42", Los Angeles Business Journal, 24 May 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Laura Rozen, "The Park51 money trail", Politico, 4 September 2010
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Kenneth P. Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, "Latest mosque issue: The money trail", Politico, 4 September 2010, accessed on 29 October 2010
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Richard Silverstein, "CHARLES JOHNSON AXED FROM PAJAMAS MEDIA MANAGEMENT", Tikun Olam, 3 December 2007
- ↑ OneSource, "Joyce Chernick", OneSource, accessed on 29 October 2010
