Follow Dec. 20, 2020 It was noon when we arrived at Kibbutz Be’eri’s dining hall. It felt like a journey 30 years back in time. The vast majority of the dozens of kibbutz members who came to the dining room arrived on bicycles. A few came in mobility scooters. Some even walked in barefoot. Because of coronavirus restrictions, the tables were outside the dining room, under parasols. The meal was high quality, with several meat options and a vegetarian one, all handed out freely. Nobody recorded the diners’ names or took tickets from them. The dining room serves three meals a day, and it...