The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away from ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — They typically wear plain clothing with nothing as fancy as a button or a zipper, travel by horse-drawn buggy and shun modern conveniences like electricity. It’s that Old World charm ...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/top-ten-faq/ The author of several books about the Amish and other Anabaptist groups, Donald B. Kraybill is a ...

This story is adapted from Virtually Amish: Preserving Community at the Internet’s Margins, by Lindsay Ems. Throughout the industrial age and now in the information age, the Amish have adhered to the ...

The Amish, a religious group living almost exclusively in rural America due to their agrarian lifestyle, have astounded both their rural neighbors and researchers with recent population growth.

A Nov. 28 Threads post (direct link, archive link) makes sweeping claims about the health of Amish people compared to other Americans. “Amish people have a longer life expectancy than regular people ...