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As winter approaches, it is even more important than other times of the year to eat clean food. Clean food is food that is as close to Mother Earth as possible, that has not been stripped of nutrients in industrial processing. Clean foods are foods that have nothing harmful added...
Karl Altau, JBANC Three focal points have dominated in the United States Congress over the past two months:1) The emergence of new House Speaker Mike Johnson.2) Keeping Congress funded.3) Passing the Ukraine supplemental. Congressman Mike Johnson from Louisiana seemed to have come out of nowhere to assume the Speakership after...
In February 2024, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) together with maestro Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor, will again embark on a long-awaited concert tour to the United States and Canada after a five-year hiatus. The 2024 tour is supported by the Estonian American National Council (EANC/ERKÜ), which has been committed to...
The Estonian American National Council (EANC) met with Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna last Friday, November 3, to voice Estonian American concerns over the planned closures of the Estonian Consulates General in both New York and San Francisco. During the face-to-face virtual meeting, EANC raised key points such as the...
Cleveland area Estonians participated in the One World Day Festival on August 27 in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens. The Parade of Flags opened the event and thirteen Estonians represented our group. Overall, 56 ethnic groups were represented by a total of 1,500 marchers. The beautiful weather drew a crowd, estimated...
Siim Sööt, Honorary Consul of Estonia in Chicago This is the first of three articles that explore where people of Estonian ancestry live in the United States. This article focuses on the number of individuals of Estonian ancestry (hereafter called US Estonians) and the recent change in that number. The...
This article represents the first in a series of occasional notes to help our diaspora understand the types of companies coming out of Estonia and heading to the United States. Personally, it is an immensely fulfilling opportunity to bring my two native countries together and see both benefit. This first...
The Estonian Society of Los Angeles is proud to announce the winners of the essay contest "The Importance of Community" for Middle and High School students. The contest was introduced earlier this year to encourage students to be actively thinking about their community and writing about it. The contest was...
On May 19, 2023, the Estonian American National Council (EANC) held a town hall for purposes of gathering input and ideas on the future of the beloved international Estonian festival known as ESTO. The event was held over Zoom, attended by approximately 75 Estonian Americans from across the USA, a...
There are many excellent refugee memoirs. Jaak Treiman’s “Carried by a Magic Fan: Memoir of an Estonian Refugee Family” expands that tradition by offering three perspectives of one family’s refugee journey. He then carries the story forward by chronicling refugee political activities that followed their settlement into new homes. During...