Amish are called Amish because the founder of it was Jacob Ammann
Yes, there are there of many Amish people.
The Last average estimated I heard, was are around 300,000 members and growing. But because of centuries of intermarrying, there is the compounding factor of genetic diseases, which some theorize will cause a collapse of Amish people in near generations to come.
In the US, the state of Ohio has the largest Amish community with around 55,000, followed by Pennsylvania (centered mostly in Lancaster county) with about 51,000. In third place is Indiana, which has roughly 38,000 Amish people. The Canadian province of Ontario has a sizable Amish population as well.
No. There are no Amish communities in NJ.
Not all Amish people have to be white. This is because some other people can be adopted or converted into the Amish way of life.
As a married couple if you meet and Amish person and want to become Amish you can. There is nothing in the Amish lifestyles that prevents people to converting to the Amish lifestyle.
Amish people believe in Jesus Christ so the Amish god is Jesus, too.
Because they do not understand why the Amish do what they do or they a bigoted.
Farming and blacksmithing are two occupations of the Amish people.
A Amish can be a artist but it perfers to work or sew.
I purchased mine from a little Amish store . Try finding an Amish community and just ask them .The Amish people are the nicest people you will ever meet