PositiveThe New York Times Book Review\"Englander’s trademark humor is on display, but most striking and moving about Kaddish.com is the unabashed sweetness of a son’s longing for a father ... In this novel brimming with Talmudic references and biblical allusions, Jewish legal principles and Yiddish-inflected dialogue, Englander mines the tension between the letter and spirit of the law. Kaddish.com reads like a modern-day Hasidic tale in which religious characters are bedeviled by the challenges of upholding God’s word in an all too human world ... Is [Shuli] a benighted fool embarking on a quixotic quest, or a devoted son fulfilling a religious obligation? In this tender, wry and entertaining novel, Englander nimbly juggles these possibilities, creating an endearing hero who stumbles through a world in which the holy and profane are intertwined.\
