Profile

  • Portrait (July 2004) [I laugh and smile a lot except when I have my pictures taken. ;-)]
    • portrait (July 2004)
  • 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
    • Male
  • 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
    • Israeli
  • Date of Birth
    • 15 March 1963
  • Place of Birth
    • Yurihonjo (formerly Honjo; merged with seven neighboring towns of Yuri on 22 March 2005), Japan
    • Pictures: panorama, port
  • Place of Residence
    • Jerusalem, Israel (since August 2004)
    • Synagogue membership: Chorev
  • 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
    • March 1985: BA, Department of Arabic, Osaka University of Foreign Studies (merged with Osaka University on 1 October 2007)
    • March 1987: MA, Department of Linguistics, Kyoto University
    • February 2000: PhD, Department of the Hebrew Language, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (supervisor: Prof. Shelomo Morag z"l)
  • Academic Affiliation
    • Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages, Bar-Ilan University
  • 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
    • World Union of Jewish Studies
    • Israeli Linguistic Society
    • Israeli Association for the Study of Language and Society
    • National Association of Professors of Hebrew
  • Other Societies
    • League for Yiddish
    • Yugntruf
    • Universala Esperanto-Asocio
    • Esperanto-Ligo en Israelo
  • Webmaster
    • Jewish Language Research Website
    • Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages, Bar-Ilan University
    • Israeli Linguistic Society
    • Israeli Association for the Study of Language and Society
  • 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)

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Tsvi Sadan (Tsuguya Sasaki)
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Last update: 8 January 2010 (22 Tevet 5770)