Yiddisher Arbeter Sport Klub (Yiddish for 'Jewish Workers Sports Club', abbreviated YASK; , abbreviated JASK) was a Jewish sports organization in Antwerp, Belgium. It was founded in 1936.Lapiower, Alain. Fin de siècle pour des jeunes juifs progressistes - L’Union sportive des Jeunes Juifs – Union des Jeunes Juifs progressistes, 1944-1978 YASK was linked to the Communist Party of Belgium. 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.
YASK sent a troupe to the 1937 People's Olympiad in Barcelona. YASK members were active in the United Jewish Aid Committee for Spain in Antwerp.
YASK served as a pool for recruitment for resistance cells during the Second World War.
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