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The author with her mother and sister when her mother first came back from the India ashram. She's wearing the black-beaded Bhagwan mala and sunset
The author grew up in a kibbutz, now as an adult she reflects on how communal living affected her. Courtesy of Ronit Plank My parents moved from New
Renee Ghert-Zand is a reporter and feature writer for The Times of Israel. Ronit Plank with her mother in 1980, the first year after her mother returned from a year at Bhagwan Rajneesh Shree's ashram in Pune, India. Her mother wears the colors worn by the Rajneesh sannyasins (followers), and a mala (beaded necklace) with the photo of cult leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. . (Courtesy) Ronit Plank (left) with other children at Kibbutz Lahav, Israel, 1975. (Courtesy) Ronit Plank (left) and her sister Nava reunited with their mother upon her return to the US from Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's ashram in ...