San Jose State University SJSU ScholarWorks Master's Theses Master's Theses and Graduate Research Summer 2013 A Sign Of The Times: Contemporary American Post-Holocaust Imagery And Post-Jewish Identity Stacy Rebecca Schwartz San Jose State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_theses Recommended Citation Schwartz, Stacy Rebecca, "A Sign Of The Times: Contemporary American Post-Holocaust Imagery And Post-Jewish Identity" (2013). Master's Theses. 4365. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.mhrj-h83s https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_theses/4365 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Master's Theses and Graduate Research at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A SIGN OF THE TIMES: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POST-HOLOCAUST IMAGERY AND POST-JEWISH IDENTITY A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of Art History and Visual Culture San José State University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts by Stacy Rebecca Schwartz August 2013 ©2013 Stacy Rebecca Schwartz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Designated Thesis Committee Approves the Thesis Titled A SIGN OF THE TIMES: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POST-HOLOCAUST IMAGERY AND POST-JEWISH IDENTITY by Stacy Rebecca Schwartz APPROVED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITY August 2013 Dr. Beverly Grindstaff Department of Art and Art History Dr. Dore Bowen Department of Art and Art History Dr. Marilyn Wyman Department of Art and Art History ABSTRACT A SIGN OF THE TIMES: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POST-HOLOCAUST IMAGERY AND POST-JEWISH IDENTITY by Stacy Rebecca Schwartz The construction of American Jewish identity has historically balanced efforts to reconcile acceptance into majority culture with maintaining traditional Jewish heritage.