Filmmaker Callie Wiser spent two years researching, filming and producing The Amish: Shunned. Here, she discusses her ...

I was reporting on an education conference in a downtown Washington hotel when I noticed TV monitors in the lobby were turned on to CNN and Fox news and broadcasters were reporting on an attack on a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 30—CROGHAN — The Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Association (AMHA) is hosting the 33rd Zwanzigstein (twenty stones) Fest of ".

Sunday church service in Amish country is more than just belting out hymns, reading Bible passages and returning home an hour later to catch a football game or nap. It's an all-day affair: A host ...

Raised in a strict Reformed Mennonite community in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Bear was trained to become a wife, mother — and little else. "My mother wore long dark dresses and a white bonnet," the ...

To many outsiders, the Amish and Mennonites might appear nearly identical, sharing their roots in Anabaptist Christianity and valuing simplicity and faith. However, despite their shared history, these ...

Plain People is an umbrella term for various Amish and Old Order Mennonite groups who set themselves apart from the modern world in different ways. The groups are offshoots of the Anabaptist movement ...

Knowing the nuances of the flavors only comes from living and growing up inside each group. But like ice cream, there are some differences you can tell just by sight. The following list describes the ...

An English (non-Amish) man observes another man walking down the street — he is in plain dress, he wears suspenders and a hat ...

Sunday church service in Amish country is more than just belting out hymns, reading Bible passages and returning home an hour later to catch a football game or nap. It’s an all-day affair: A host ...