THE SINGING RABBI: NEW STORIES Martin Avery. Ottawa, Oberon Press, c1983. 104pp, paper, $17.95 (cloth), $8.95 (paper). ISBN 0-88750-490-6 (cloth), 0-88750-4914 (paper). Grades 12 and up. Reviewed by Ron Jacques. Volume 12 Number 2 1984 March Readers who enjoyed Martin Avery's Cottage Gothic* last year will be pleased to see the publication of The Singing Rabbi. Whereas the former explored growing up and finding one's identity in a small town in cottage country, the new work focuses more closely on identity, especially on the many aspects of the Jewish experience. As the cover note explains, "Martin Avery is a Jew, not by inheritance but by conviction, not by birth but by adoption." These stories deal with quite a range of subjects, but they all display the same keen eye for detail and sardonic humour as the earlier collection. The Holocaust, Jewish comedians, "Soviet Jewellery," anti-Semitism are all explored from the perspective of the outsider/newcomer. It becomes clear that "being Jewish" has many facets for Avery, some amusing, some ironic, and some deadly serious. This is an interesting collection of short stories, definitely worth adding to libraries for senior students and adults. *Reviewed vol. X/4 November 1982 p.230. Ron Jacques, Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes S. S., Bracebridge, ON.