A young woman has told how she has fled the Amish community and had her haircut and wore a pair of jeans for the first time.

While most sway with the global climate, the Amish are a rare community that lives in seclusion and serves as a model of self ...

For three years prior to leaving, Hershberger worked as a school teacher for children in the community, People reported. “It was the one thing that I loved about being Amish,” Hershberger ...

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 ...

Occasionally, Amish people did have their photos taken, as you can see with the couple in the first image who likely went to a studio for their portrait in 1875. But by the time photography became ...

My life changed that day. He taught me that there were other Amish people questioning things — and eventually the Amish system couldn't hold us anymore. We either had to leave or be excommunicated.

“It certainly doesn’t matter where you’re from, what your race or nationality is. We’re open to everyone.” Mr Yoder said the ...

No TV, no telephones, limited use of electricity, and, gasp, no Autoblog! But there comes a time in a young Amish person's life when they're allowed to go out and taste the world. And sometimes ...

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they seemed to be as happy or happier than the non-Amish people he knew. This led to a question for Wes that gave him a passion and eventually a career: How exactly does money correlate to happiness?