Maya "Zuni" González

Woman with chin-length brown hair and glasses posing against a dark background

Maya "Zuni" González (she/they) is a Jewish historian, budding Yiddishist, and Holocaust and genocide educator. She holds a master's degree in History and Public History from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where she wrote her thesis on Holocaust protest activism among American Jews. Find out more about Maya's current projects (in English and Yiddish!) at maya-gonzalez.com.

 

Blog Posts

Rokhl Auerbakh

Rokhl Auerbakh Made Me Rethink Holocaust Remembrance

Maya "Zuni" González

Reading Auerbakh's essays in the original Yiddish in the lead-up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day changed my perspective.

Topics: Holocaust
Maya "Zuni" Gonzalez at the Yiddish Book Center

Your Inner Child Will Thank You for Learning Yiddish

Maya "Zuni" González

After two consecutive summers in the seven-week Steiner Summer Yiddish Program at the Yiddish Book Center, I feel more connected with my younger self than ever before.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Maya "Zuni" González." (Viewed on November 21, 2024) <https://jwa.org/blog/author-1>.