Nathan Englander on 'Kaddish.com'

Paraphrase by Stephen Fishbach

Apr 3, 201928:22Arts

Nathan Englander joins me to discuss his new novel 'Kaddish.com.' Larry is the secular son in a family of Orthodox Brooklyn Jews. When his father dies, it's his responsibility to recite the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for...

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