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Survey Finds 74% of Israeli Jews Fast on Yom Kippur

By Drooid · Sep 20, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC · How we work

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The Israel Democracy Institute survey finds 74% of Israeli Jews fast on Yom Kippur.
Among them, 63% fast fully and 11% fast partially.
Secular Jews fast at 47%, with 28% fully and 19% partially.
Non-religious traditional Jews fast at 90% (77% fully, 13% partially).
Mizrahi Jews fast fully at 81% versus 50.5% of Ashkenazi Jews.

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The Israel Democracy Institute survey finds 74% of Israeli Jews fast on Yom Kippur.
Among them, 63% fast fully and 11% fast partially.
Secular Jews fast at 47%, with 28% fully and 19% partially.
Non-religious traditional Jews fast at 90% (77% fully, 13% partially).
Mizrahi Jews fast fully at 81% versus 50.5% of Ashkenazi Jews.