Pennsylvania’s Amish population is the largest it’s been, prompting some Amish families in the Lancaster area to move west, ...
Ohio’s Amish Country, located in the northeastern part of the state, draws over 4 million visitors every year – second only to Cedar Point amusement park as the Buckeye State’s most popular tourist ...
Researchers have seen changes in the Amish community, particularly in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They said the Amish are ...
Ohio’s Amish Country, located in the northeastern part of the state, draws over 4 million visitors every year – second only to Cedar Point amusement park as the Buckeye State’s most popular tourist ...
This year, the number of Amish people in the United States passed the 400,000 mark, according to the Amish Studies Center at Elizabethtown College. The U.S. Amish population now totals 404,575, with ...
The Amish way of life is intriguing and sometimes puzzling to the outsider. In 1989, WGAL interviewed author Donald Kraybill, who had just written a new book, "The Riddle of the Amish Culture." ...
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 ...
Episode 196: The Amish are often portrayed as paragons of simplicity, faith and hard work — living peacefully in the countryside, growing food without chemicals and raising barns as a community. In an ...
The elevated fields and rocky terrains of Pennsylvania and Ohio are often associated with Amish culture, contained within ...
(The Conversation) — Much of the tourism industry that’s sprung up around Amish areas says more about Americans’ own identity than Amish values, a scholar writes. (The Conversation) — Ohio’s Amish ...
Much of the tourism industry that’s sprung up around Amish areas says more about Americans’ own identity than Amish values, writes Susan L. Trollinger, a professor of English and a scholar of rhetoric ...