>>Jews have several fasting days in a year.
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>Yes, but since they are all religious in nature we obviously don't care about the poor.
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Absolutely, since of course, we have no requirements to feed the poor or clothe the naked. No rules about leaving the corners of the fields for the gleaners, or being required to give tzedekah, or ...

Tamar

P.S. For the sarcasm-challenged, Jewish law does require all those things.