Yiddisher Arbeter Sport Klub

6. Yiddisher Arbeter Sport Klub (Antwerp)

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   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 Olympics in Barcelona.^[4] YASK members were active in the United Jewish Help Committee for Spain in Antwerp.^[6]
   YASK served as a pool for recruitment for resistance cells during the Second World War.^[2]
   

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