Portrait (July 2004) [I laugh and smile a lot except when I have my pictures taken. ;-)]
Who (vis-à-vis What) I Am in a Nutshell
I am a work in progress (spiritually, intellectually and even physically).
This moment is the ultimate moment of my life until now, as the wisdom of my life experiences has reached its highest point so far at this very moment.
Names
Given name: Tsvi (צבי ) [né Tsuguya (צוגויה 嗣也 ) - accent falls on the first syllable]
Family name: Sadan (סדן ) [né Sasaki (סאסאקי 佐々木 )]
[I have nothing to do with a Messianic Jew also named Tsvi Sadan!]
Sex
Marital Status
Unmarried
Trying to remain optimistic about the possibility of encoutering a spouse with similar interests and values, including connection to Jewish tradition, emotional warmth, sense of humor, and some regular physical exercise
Nationality
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Yurihonjo (formerly Honjo; merged with seven neighboring towns of Yuri on 22 March 2005), JapanPictures: panorama , port
Place of Residence
Visited Countries (in alphabetical order by continent)
Africa: none
Asia: Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Turkey
Europe: Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, United Kingdom
North America: United States
Oceania: none
South America: none
Countries I want to visit: Australia, Canada, India, Lithuania, Malta, Spain, Taiwan
Countries I want to revisit: Italy, Poland, Russia, United Kingdom, United States
Favorite Cities (in alphabetical order)
Jerusalem, Israel
Kobe, Japan
London, United Kingdom
New York, United States
Yufuin, Japan
Languages
Native: Japanese
Active: Hebrew, English
Quite active: Yiddish, Esperanto
Passive: Russian, German, French
Very passive: Arabic, Aramaic, Italian, Spanish, Polish
Major
Hebrew and Jewish linguistics
Education
Academic Affiliation
Work Experience
October 1991 - June 1993: part-time lecturer in Japanese, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
April 1994 - September 2004: part-time lecturer in Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic and Japanese, Osaka University of Foreign Studies
April 1994 - September 2004: part-time lecturer in English, Kansai University
April 1994 - March 1995: part-time lecturer in linguistics, Kansai University
April 1995 - March 1998: joint researcher in multilingual computing, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
January 1996 - December 1998: research fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Kyoto University )
July 1996 - August 1996: part-time lecturer in Modern Hebrew (intensive course), Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
October 1999: part-time lecturer in linguistics (intensive course), Ehime University
April 2000 - March 2005: joint researcher in Jewish studies, National Museum of Ethnology
June 2002: part-time lecturer in linguistics (intensive course), Ehime University
April 2003 - September 2004: part-time lecturer in linguistics, Doshisha Women's College
July 2003: part-time lecturer in linguistics (intensive course), Ehime University
February 2004: part-time lecturer in linguistics (intensive course), Ehime University
August 2004: part-time lecturer in linguistics (intensive course), Ehime University
October 2004 - present: lecturer, Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages, Bar-Ilan University
Academic Societies
Other Societies
Webmaster
Favorite Pastimes
Multilingual computing Reading (especially on psychology and sociology)
Shmoozing (especially by email)
Baroque instrumental music (especially Bach, Handel and Telemann)
Traditional Ashkenazic folk music (especially hasidic music and klezmer music)
Traditional Ashkenazic folk dance
Running
Swimming
Other Favorites
Jewish tradition (spiritual, intellectual and cultural)
Emotional warmth
Humor
Simplicity and minimalism (in life in general, diet, etc.)
Order and precision (spacial, temporal and conceptual)
