MOUNT HOPE, Ohio—At age 32, Ryan Hershberger has achieved success far beyond his modest roots. He launched a furniture business with two cousins a decade ago and now owns a company that ...

These images, taken in Lancaster, PA between 2004 and 2010, show contemporary Amish men, women and children. While the Amish generally do not pose for pictures, some will cooperate with ...

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Most Amish today will not pose for a photograph. Considering it a violation of the Second Commandment, which prohibits the making of "graven images," the Amish believe any physical representation ...

MOUNT HOPE, Ohio—At ... milk prices made dairy farming increasingly untenable, many families sought new ways to earn a living ...

offering a taste of Amish comfort food at its finest. Don’t forget to leave room for dessert. The Essenhaus boasts an ...

The largest populations are recorded in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin, according to the Young Center for Amish Studies. Although small, their contributions to the outcome of the ...

Wayne Wengerd, Ohio state director of the Amish Steering Committee, which navigates relations between Amish community leaders and government officials, recalls registration efforts as far back as ...

“That’s not a woman’s position,” a straw-hatted Amish man in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, says wistfully, referring to the presidency. “I’ve got [voter-registration] papers in my po ...

There is one problem, however. Daniel is Amish, and the Amish do not tend to vote. “My kingdom is not of this world,” he tells The Independent, using words attributed to Jesus in the Bible ...