Singer, Howard

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SINGER, HOWARD

SINGER, HOWARD (1922– ), author. A Conservative rabbi, he published a best-selling first novel, Wake Me When It's Over (1959), which was followed by The Devil and Henry Raftin (1967). Bring Forth the Mighty Men: On Violence and the Jewish Character (1969), a study of the Israeli fighting character, bitterly attacked the U.S. Jewish establishment for alleged reticence over the defense of the Jew.