Torah Bontrager – Growing Up Amish, Part 1: Corporal Punishment & Rumspringa

Episode 40: No cars, electricity, or indoor bathrooms - think you could do it? Activist / Amish Girl in Manhattan author TORAH BONTRAGER shares about her upbringing in an Amish community in Wisconsin, speaking the Amish language, the real meaning of Rumspringa, her tumultuous family relationships, the use of corporal punishment in Amish culture, and some of the abuse she experienced firsthand.

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Torah Bontrager – Growing Up Amish, Part 1: Corporal Punishment & Rumspringa

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