Traditionally, the book of Jonah is read, in its entirety, during the synagogue service on Yom Kippur afternoon. Nahum Sarna explains why (1990):

March 15 marks the beginning of this year’s Israel Apartheid Week, during which campus groups around the world hold rallies and events for the purpose of defaming the Jewish state and mustering support for the movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction it (BDS). Richard Kemp comments: