Golda Kukier, a veteran leader of the Bund, has died here at the age of 73. Born in Poland, she was active in the Buenos Aires Jewish community and represented the Bund in the cultural department of the Asociacion Mutual Argentina (AMIA) a 35,000-member Ashkenazi group, the largest Jewish organization in the country. In 1964, Kukier was the first woman to be elected to the executive board of the AMIA. She was best known for her activities in behalf of the Yitzhak Peretz Yiddish School.
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