What is the correlation (if any) between Amish and Jews?

I write this as an Orthadox Jew with Amish grandparents and cousins. The main simularity between amish and jewish people is that both groups are prone to wearing black and white. To be sure the vast majority, even of religious orthadox jews, do not wear the black pants white shirt on a regular day. read more

The is no correlation whatsoever between Jews and the Amish. There are many similarities between the Amish and Jewish fundamentalists. In fact, there are many similarities between all fundamentalist followers of any religion: clannishness, sectarianism, seclusion and self segregation from the non-believers and a set of cultish behavior to differentiate themselves from the world at large. read more

As others have already said, the similarities between the Orthodox Jews and the Amish (plus the Mennonites) are superficial more than anything else, and the differences are more important. read more