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How I Celebrated Easter and Good Friday as an Amish American Child

Easter was the only time of year that I was allowed to have shredded wheat. While the adults went hungry all morning, I crushed big…

6 min readApr 14, 2021

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How I Celebrated Easter and Good Friday as an Amish American Child

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Torah Bontrager

Freedom and Democracy Absolutely Fail Children in the US

Children are human beings, not property owned by adults who gave birth to them. We need a movement that acknowledges and enforces the…

5 min readFeb 8, 2021

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Freedom and Democracy Absolutely Fail Children in the US

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Torah Bontrager

Why Is STEM Education in the US So Important to Big Tech?

The educational and economic fates of Amish children don’t enter the public consciousness. Amish children aren’t part of the equation in…

4 min readFeb 8, 2021

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Why Is STEM Education in the US So Important to Big Tech?

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Torah Bontrager

This Is How to Grasp What Education in America Is Really About

The very first law about education in what is now the United States was all about making people literate enough to read the Christian…

5 min readFeb 8, 2021

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Torah Bontrager

This Is What Happens When Religion Outweighs Children’s Rights

For the Amish, the 1972 US Supreme Court case Wisconsin v. Yoder disputes were about retaining the ability to force a child to work for…

11 min readFeb 8, 2021

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This Is What Happens When Religion Outweighs Children’s Rights

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Torah Bontrager

This Devastating Lawsuit Destroys Your Right to Learn

The 1972 US Supreme Court case Wisconsin v. Yoder, which specifically denies Amish American children the right to go to school past the…

8 min readJan 21, 2021

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This Devastating Lawsuit Destroys Your Right to Learn

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Torah Bontrager

Amish Children Play with Dolls Without Faces

I spotted it after church services were over. Laura was playing with it. The white miniature-sized, plastic English doll with delicate…

4 min readJul 19, 2020

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Amish Children Play with Dolls Without Faces

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Torah Bontrager

How to Deal with Death as an Amish Child

I have no photographic evidence of my existence as an Amish child. Many years later, I learned that graveyards serve as the pictures of my…

8 min readJul 13, 2020

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How to Deal with Death as an Amish Child

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Torah Bontrager

4 Popular Myths About The Amish (Part 2)

Myth #3: Those who exit are “ex-Amish” or no longer Amish.

3 min readJul 12, 2020

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4 Popular Myths About The Amish (Part 2)

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Torah Bontrager

4 Popular Myths About The Amish

Myth #1: Amish teens have the freedom to choose whether to remain inside the Church; that’s what rumspringa is for.

3 min readJul 12, 2020

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4 Popular Myths About The Amish

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Torah Bontrager

Torah Bontrager

Amish escapee & Columbia University alumna. For the right of Amish kids to go to school. Get chapters of my book Amish Girl in Manhattan @ TorahBontrager.com

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