From the Pages of Yedies

Dec 13, 2013

by ROBERTA NEWMAN

In December 1935, Yedies reported on the initial activities of a new division at YIVO devoted to research on Jews and sports. The ambitious goals of the Sports Division were:

The establishment of a central archive of materials on Jewish sports movements in Poland and elsewhere;
The creation of a sports library and reading room;
The preparation of publications on current issues in Jewish sports;
To serve as a resource for Jewish athletes;
To provide assistance to provincial Jewish sports organizations.

A questionnaire had already been sent out to hundreds of Jewish sports clubs, the first step in collecting data for a full-fledged study on Jews and sports.