Son of My Land
Sagi Melamed was born and raised on Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan, the third generation in a family that helped found the kibbutz and the State of Israel.  He earned a graduate degree in Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, specializing in Conflict Resolution, serves as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces and is a Karate instructor.  He lives with his wife and four children in Hoshaya in the Galilee.