Wisconsin v. Yoder at 50: What You Need to Know If You Care About Learning

by E.P., Intern - Amish Heritage Foundation | May 13, 2022 | Amish Culture, Amish Religion, Wisconsin v. Yoder

NOTE: If you haven’t read the first introductory blog post in this series, you can do so here: “Wisconsin v. Yoder at 50: What You Need to Know — Protect Yourself & Amish Women”! Now that you know a little more about Amish people, culture, and...

Wisconsin v. Yoder at 50: What You Need to Know — Protect Yourself & Amish Women

by E.P., Intern - Amish Heritage Foundation | May 6, 2022 | Amish Culture, Amish Religion, Wisconsin v. Yoder

Many of the blog readers will probably recognize the name of the 1972 US Supreme Court case Wisconsin v. Yoder. Just in case you don’t, this series will provide you with all the necessary background information to understand why, fifty years later, it must be...

Amish New Year’s Traditions: How We Celebrate (It’s Not With Food)

by Torah Bontrager | Jan 2, 2022 | Amish Culture

“I don’t believe the superstition that it brings good luck, but I eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day. It’s tradition for my family,” my yoga instructor said. “What do you eat?” (Keep scrolling for the video version of this...

Why Sincerely Respecting the Amish Means We Need to Overturn Wisconsin v. Yoder

by V.B., Summer Intern | Sep 22, 2021 | Amish Culture, Wisconsin v. Yoder

Progressive activists and social scientists talk constantly about advocating for and working with communities in a way that neither demonizes them nor romanticizes them, that neither fetishizes them nor mocks them (check out UC Berkeley’s resource list on...

Why the Amish Church Loves Martyrdom and Victimhood and How to Stop It

by A.A., Summer Intern | Aug 13, 2021 | Amish Culture, Wisconsin v. Yoder

The Amish religion falls under the umbrella of Christianity, and within that, it is an offshoot of Anabaptism. Anabaptists are a subset of Protestants who believe baptism at birth to be immoral. They emphasize that baptism should not occur until one can make the...

Amish Recipe Secrets: How to Make My Aunt’s Delicious Blackberry Crisp

by Torah Bontrager | Aug 6, 2021 | Amish Culture

In another post, I shared an excerpt from the chapter “The Cat Knew the Way” in my memoir, Amish Girl in Manhattan. It’s about one of my earliest memories: trekking off to the blackberry patch in the neighbor’s woods when I was 6 years old....