Yiddisher Arbeter Sport Klub (Yiddish for 'Jewish Workers Sports Club', abbreviated YASK; Dutch: Joodse Arbeiders Sportklub, abbreviated JASK) was a Jewish sports organization in Antwerp, Belgium.[1] It was founded in 1936.[2] YASK was linked to the Communist Party of Belgium.[3][4] A product of the Popular Front era, YASK was set up as an open sports organization for the Jewish population at large. The club emphasized anti-fascism, whilst maintaining a neutral stand on Zionism.[5]
YASK sent a troupe to the 1937 People's Olympiad in Barcelona.[4] YASK members were active in the United Jewish Aid Committee for Spain in Antwerp.[6]
YASK served as a pool for recruitment for resistance cells during the Second World War.[2]
References edit
- ^ Bijdragen tot de eigentijdse geschiedenis. Centre d'études guerres et sociétés contemporaines. 2001. p. 340.
- ^ a b Lapiower, Alain. Fin de siècle pour des jeunes juifs progressistes - L’Union sportive des Jeunes Juifs – Union des Jeunes Juifs progressistes, 1944-1978
- ^ Rudi van Doorslaer (1997). Enfants du ghetto: Juifs révolutionnaires en Belgique (1925-1940). Labor. p. 48. ISBN 978-2-8040-1139-0.
- ^ a b Nathan WEINSTOCK (23 May 2013). Le pain de misère: Histoire du mouvement ouvrier juif en Europe. LA DECOUVERTE. p. cclxxi. ISBN 978-2-7071-7230-3.
- ^ Dan Mikhman (1998). Belgium and the Holocaust: Jews, Belgians, Germans. Berghahn Books. p. 74. ISBN 978-965-308-068-3.
- ^ BTNG. SOMA-CEGES. 1987. p. 172.