Portrait
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 m*ssianic 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
Nationality
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
- Yurihonjo (formerly Honjo; merged with seven neighboring towns of Yuri on 2005-03-22), Japan
Place of Residence
Synagogues
Languages
- Native: Japanese
- Active: Hebrew, English
- Quite active: Yiddish, Esperanto
- Passive: German, French, Russian
- Very passive: Arabic, Aramaic, Italian, Spanish, Polish
Education
Academic Affiliation
Work Experience
- 1991-10 - 1993-06: part-time lecturer in Japanese, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 1994-04 - 2004-09: part-time lecturer in Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic and Japanese, Osaka University of Foreign Studies
- 1994-04 - 2004-09: part-time lecturer in English, Kansai University
- 1994-04 - 1995-03: part-time lecturer in linguistics, Kansai University
- 1995-04 - 1998-03: joint researcher in multilingual computing, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
- 1996-01 - 1998-12: research fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Kyoto University)
- 1996-07 - 1996-08: part-time lecturer in Modern Hebrew (intensive course), Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
- 1999-10: part-time lecturer in linguistics (intensive course), Ehime University
- 2000-04 - 2005-03: joint researcher in Jewish studies, National Museum of Ethnology
- 2002-06: part-time lecturer in linguistics (intensive course), Ehime University
- 2003-04 - 2004-09: part-time lecturer in linguistics, Doshisha Women's College
- 2003-07: part-time lecturer in linguistics (intensive course), Ehime University
- 2004-02: part-time lecturer in linguistics (intensive course), Ehime University
- 2004-08: part-time lecturer in linguistics (intensive course), Ehime University
- 2004-10 - 2009-03: lecturer, Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages, Bar-Ilan University
- 2009-04 - present: tenured senior lecturer, Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages, Bar-Ilan University
Academic Committee
Academic Societies
Other Societies
Reading Circles (Organizer)
- Yiddish (on the evening of the first Thursday of every month except for February and August; open to every Yiddishist)
- Japanese (on the evening of the second Thursday of every month except for February and August; open to every non-native speaker of Japanese who is more or less fluent in it)
- Esperanto (on the evening of the third Thursday of every month except for February and August; open to every Esperantist)
- Judaism in Hebrew (on the evening of the fourth Thursday of every month except for February and August; open only to members)
Webmaster
Favorite Pastimes
Other Favorites
- Hospitality
- Warmth
- Humor
- Optimism
- Minimalism
- Order
Last update: 2011-08-12
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