Yehudah Glick: Why do Jews read the Book of Jonah on Day of Atonement?

Yehudah Glick of Shalom Jerusalem Foundation explores the reason why Jews read the Book of Jonah on the Day of Atonement.

Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement falls on the eve of Tuesday, 8th October 2019. Jews around the world will be fasting for 25 hours and reading the smallest book in the Jewish bible — only 4 chapters long — in their synagogues.

Why do Jews read the Book of Jonah on the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur? The Temple Mount Rabbi, Yehudah Glick, explains.