“It ain’t over, till it’s over.” And then what?

Hundreds of meetings, social gatherings, rehearsals, supplementary school classes, camps, all face-to-face group events of any sort - have been canceled or postponed, since March. These were the activities that gave the Estonian communities abroad some tangible substance and purpose.

The physical presence and personal interactions with others of a similar heritage helps us confirm our identity as being connected to the same ethnic background. But can virtual group activity, even temporarily, be replacement for the real thing?