In 1693, Amish people formed their own branch of Anabaptism in Switzerland and eastern France under the leadership of their founder Jakob Ammann. All Amish communities today are offshoots of this ...

On March 3, the New York’s Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Amish people who challenged a ... “The right to practice religion freely does not include liberty to expose the ...

Image credits: lizzieens_wellness 36-year-old Lizzie Ens escaped from her highly regimented Amish community, unveiling three aspects of her upbringing that never fail to astonish people.

They too, “plain people” as they call themselves ... buttonless, bearded Amish of southeastern Pennsylvania. Some of them still practice such ancient customs as the “holy kiss” (see ...

At noon, there's usually a good meal to feast on. After all the mess, the iron kettles and butchering items are washed.

Two DW reporters traveled to Pennsylvania to discover how younger Amish people date.The landscape is shaped by vast fields with grain silos and long clotheslines strung in front of farmhouses.