Background
Yassky was born in Kishinev, Russia.
Yassky was born in Kishinev, Russia.
He was killed in the Arab attack on a medical convoy bringing supplies to Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus. While studying medicine at the University of Odessa, he became active in the Zionist movement. Before World War I he took part in Jewish self-defense against pogromists in Odessa.
As an ophthalmologist, he initiated programs to eradicate trachoma.
In 1931, Yassky became director of the Hadassah Medical Organization. He was one of the driving spirits behind the establishment of the Rothschild-Hadassah University Hospital on Mount Scopus, which was opened in 1939.
Yassky was killed in the Hadassah medical convoy massacre during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, approximately one month before Israel"s declaration of independence.