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[[Joyce Chernick]] is the wife of multi-millionaire [[Aubrey Chernick]] and a key funder of [[Robert Spencer]]'s [[Jihad Watch]].<ref name=Ken>Kenneth P. Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, [http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=D979BED4-18FE-70B2-A8314DD53412ADF8 Latest mosque issue: The money trail], ''Politico'', 4 September 2010</ref> She and her husband also led the effort to raise $3.5 million in venture capital to start [[Pajamas Media]], a far right pro-Israel blog network which has kept up a steady stream of anti-mosque postings.<ref name=Ken>Kenneth P. Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, [http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=D979BED4-18FE-70B2-A8314DD53412ADF8 Latest mosque issue: The money trail], ''Politico'', 4 September 2010</ref>
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[[Joyce Chernick]] is the wife of multi-millionaire [[Aubrey Chernick]] and a key funder of [[Robert Spencer]]'s [[Jihad Watch]].<ref name=Ken>Kenneth P. Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, [http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=D979BED4-18FE-70B2-A8314DD53412ADF8 Latest mosque issue: The money trail], ''Politico'', 4 September 2010</ref> She and her husband also led the effort to raise $3.5 million in venture capital to start [[Pajamas Media]], a far right pro-Israel blog network which has kept up a steady stream of anti-mosque postings.<ref name=Ken>Kenneth P. Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, [http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=D979BED4-18FE-70B2-A8314DD53412ADF8 Latest mosque issue: The money trail], ''Politico'', 4 September 2010</ref> In 2010 Politico reported that the Chernicks were key funders behind the opposition to the [http://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ground_Zero_Mosque Cordoba House initiative] or "Ground Zero Mosque:"
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: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.<ref name=ken>Kenneth P. Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, [http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=D979BED4-18FE-70B2-A8314DD53412ADF8 "Latest mosque issue: The money trail"], Politico, 4 September 2010, accessed on 29 October 2010</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 22:06, 29 October 2010

Joyce Chernick is the wife of multi-millionaire Aubrey Chernick and a key funder of Robert Spencer's Jihad Watch.[1] She and her husband also led the effort to raise $3.5 million in venture capital to start Pajamas Media, a far right pro-Israel blog network which has kept up a steady stream of anti-mosque postings.[1] In 2010 Politico reported 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.[2]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Kenneth P. Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, Latest mosque issue: The money trail, Politico, 4 September 2010
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kenneth P. Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, "Latest mosque issue: The money trail", Politico, 4 September 2010, accessed on 29 October 2010
  3. LA Business Journal, "The 50 Wealthiest Angelenos: Aubrey Chernick - #42", Los Angeles Business Journal, 24 May 2010