Nathan Englander on 'Kaddish.com'




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Summary: Nathan Englander joins me to discuss his new novel 'Kaddish.com.' When Larry's father dies, it’s his responsibility to recite the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, every day for eleven months.  To the horror of his sister, Larry refuses—imperiling the fate of his father’s soul. Larry hatches a plan, hiring a stranger through a website called kaddish.com to shepherd his father’s soul safely to rest. But after a religious awakening, Larry realizes that he may have sacrificed too much.