do-it's like having four walls closing in on you”
These wails are clearly falling down.Recently,85 percent of
Degania's members voted to“privatize”their commune.This meant paying their members salaries,based on their skills and efforts,and charging them for services and utilities.In the past,by contrast, members had contributed their salaries to a communal account and then received accommodation,food,and services based on need and family size.Degania's decision was not a huge surprise;roughly two- thirds of Israel's other kibbutzim had already voted for this kind of privatization.Now,instead of the kibbutz looking after all its members,each member must look out for themselves first“We are still protecting the weak,''Koperstein says,“but everyone also has the responsibility of earning their own living'''Degania's elders are optimistic about these changes“Many