Sagi Melamed

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Dec 1, 2021, 3:16 PM

Writing at the Beach

By Sagi Melamed and Guy Melamed Sagi: After concluding eleven years of fundraising for the Yezreel Valley College, I prepared a wish-list for the next few months. I wasn’t after anything extreme or ultra-challenging - it was just a list...

Sep 5, 2021, 7:25 PM

The Guava tree, September 2021

“TIMING IS EVERYTHING.” My first lesson on timing I picked-up from a guava tree in my childhood home- Kibbutz Ramat Yochanan. The guava tree on the way down to the swimming pool is some 50 years old, and its height—unlike...

May 7, 2021, 1:22 PM

You Keep Shabbat and Shabbat will Keep You

The first time we were in the USA as a couple was 30 years ago. One clear summer Friday evening we drove south from New Haven Connecticut to Jones Beach Long Island, to attend a James Taylor concert. It...

Mar 10, 2021, 10:14 AM

Mindful Fundraising During Crisis

At the peak of physical fitness, I found myself abruptly sliding towards disability. The traumatic turning point occurred 11 years ago, during the Unsu kata -- a Shotokan karate form that I was demonstrating as part of my 4th...

Jul 22, 2020, 11:54 AM

Can the Second Wave of Coronavirus Save Israel?

At the dawn of 2020, Israel was contending with critical threats on three fronts: health and healthcare, economic and governmental. Of the three threats, the third holds menacing consequences for the future of the country. It is also what...

Jun 23, 2020, 10:37 AM

Best remedy for when things get tough: Help others

GalilEat is a boutique company that brings Israelis and people from around the world to the homes of Galilee families, Arabs and Jews, for a culinary-social experience. Using home hospitality and food as mediums, it empowers women, promotes understanding...

May 3, 2020, 5:52 PM

How 2011 Tore the Heart Out of 2020

One hot and muggy night in the summer of 2011 my wife, four children and I traveled to Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv to see and support the Social Justice protests that had been prompted by the high costs...

Mar 29, 2020, 11:55 AM

This Time, There Is No Amalek to Blame

With consternation and an eye-popping, abominable lack of unity, Israel is dealing with an unprecedented crisis – the coronavirus – that consists of four crises intertwined one with another: Health crisis: A worldwide pandemic is spreading rapidly from continent to...

Jan 20, 2020, 9:14 PM

Living at Fast Forward

“Dad, we’re medical students. We have no time to waste. We need to work to survive economically, and we need to memorize and understand a lot of material to survive academically. Plus, we deserve to have a life. We’re...

Jan 1, 2020, 2:02 PM

Identity Revolution

Life for an insecure overweight boy growing up on a kibbutz in the early days of the State of Israel was, to say the least, a challenging experience, rife with crises of identity and belonging. Kibbutz society elevated the...

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About Me

Sagi Melamed is an international keynote speaker, instructor and writer on mindful fundraising. He is president of the Harvard Club of Israel, a 4th dan black belt in Shotokan Karate and lives with his family in Hoshaya, Israel. Sagi can be reached at melamed.sagi@gmail.com or at https://www.sagimelamed.com

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