Their diet includes bread, potatoes, rice, cheese, and beef. Parents prefer that their children choose another Jew as a spouse, but children sometimes marry Kazaks to escape the stigma associated with being Jewish. Most Jews follow some traditional wedding customs. For example, the wedding ceremony is conducted under a canopy and the couple finalizes the ceremony by smashing a wine glass. Other parts of the ceremony follow secular and Russian patterns.
Jewish families are very close.
When possible, they live as extended families. If enough space is available, newly married couples will live with the parents of either spouse. Kazakstan Jews practice Judaism in their homes. Some of them follow Jewish dietary laws, and many celebrate Jewish festivals such as Passover, Yom Kippur, and Hanukkah. Traditionally, they observed the Sabbath, but today many younger Jews no longer acknowledge it.