This blog is no longer being updated.  Please go to toledojacobs.wordpress.com

This was a test site I was using.  The blog is actually toledojacobs.wordpress.com  The Jacobs Family Blog has moved here I  am new to WordPress and not sure if I can transfer readers over to the new site Continue reading This blog is no longer being updated.  Please go to toledojacobs.wordpress.com

Translation Vs. Transliteration

  Transliteration involves rendering a language from one writing system to another. Though it sounds similar to translation, they are two different processes with very different goals. Here’s a look at what transliteration is and why it’s used. What Is Transliteration? Transliteration is utilized when a word or phrase must be conveyed in a language with a different writing system. Think of writing words in … Continue reading Translation Vs. Transliteration

A Cedar Tree is planted: Lebanese immigrants in Toledo, Ohio

During the first eight decades in Toledo, the Toledo Arab community grew from a small Christian colony to a large and well-respected, religiously diverse community that successfully established families in the city of Toledo.  They opened religious institutions and cultural associations to preserve their ethnic identities, while actively participating in Americanization efforts to ensure their future economic and social success.  Here we will look at … Continue reading A Cedar Tree is planted: Lebanese immigrants in Toledo, Ohio

Bsharri, Lebanon

Bsharri  in Arabic: بْشَرِّيْ‎‎ Bšarrī; will also be spelled Becharre, Bcharre, Bsharre Bsharri is a town at an altitude of about 4,900 ft in the Kadisha Valley in northern Lebanon. It is located in the Bsharri District of the North Governorate,  Bsharri is the town of the only remaining Original Cedars of Lebanon (Cedrus libani). Bsharri was the site of a Phoenician settlement in ancient times. Maronite Christians fleeing … Continue reading Bsharri, Lebanon