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My husband has just asked me whether there are many black Jewish people, or black Amish people and I really have no idea - does anyone else know the answer
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They could possibly have been black to start with.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Lost_Tribes
Ron.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Lost_Tribes
Ron.
The Amish originated in northern Europe and have pretty much kept themselves to themselves, so although I think there are a few black Amish, they are rare. However, there are many black Jews. Jesus (a Jew) was middle-eastern in origin and contrary to western depictions of him, was probably quite dark skinned.
There was a very interesting documentary on Ch4 recently Living with the Amish, young British people doing just that following a previous series when the Amish kids came to UK. One of the British youngsters in the latest series was black and held her end up very well under some racist remarks borne out of ignorance by one of the Amish children. Seemed to be the first black person she'd encountered and there were certainly no black people in any of the various communities visited in this series.
Speaking from an American perspective; there are several branches of the Amish Order. The Old Order Amish (the ones that adhere to horse and buggy, no modern conveniences, etc.) are unlikely to have 'outside' converts, for a number of reasons, none of which, in my estimation, are racist.
Their way of life is exceptionally strict and bounded. Meaning, the work is hard and requires a great deal of native skill handed from one generation to another, as well as being content with ones location for the rest of their lives.
Secondly, most are of German descent and still speak a dialect of German language that seperates them from the rest of society. Both place restrictions on adherents as well as potential converts.
The more liberal branches of the Amish, easpecially the ones we see here in the U.S., such as Mennonites and Hutterites also have a well developed work ethic, but utilize moderninity readily. They also tend to inter-marry and do still speak German, but not as strictly as do the Old Order.
I've developed friendships with some of our local Hutterite colonies and do not observe much in the way of converts, but I have no doubt that they would be welcomed if the 'newbies' were willing to subject themselves to such a Spartan existence...
Their way of life is exceptionally strict and bounded. Meaning, the work is hard and requires a great deal of native skill handed from one generation to another, as well as being content with ones location for the rest of their lives.
Secondly, most are of German descent and still speak a dialect of German language that seperates them from the rest of society. Both place restrictions on adherents as well as potential converts.
The more liberal branches of the Amish, easpecially the ones we see here in the U.S., such as Mennonites and Hutterites also have a well developed work ethic, but utilize moderninity readily. They also tend to inter-marry and do still speak German, but not as strictly as do the Old Order.
I've developed friendships with some of our local Hutterite colonies and do not observe much in the way of converts, but I have no doubt that they would be welcomed if the 'newbies' were willing to subject themselves to such a Spartan existence...
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