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Raanan Geberer

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Raanan Geberer is a community newspaper editor in Brooklyn who also writes regularly for a co-op and condo magazine. He grew up in the Bronx, went to SUNY and once lived in Washington Heights, although he now lives in Chelsea’s Penn South co-op with his wife Rhea and cat Celeste. His interests include playing rock music with friends, reading voraciously about politics, history and religion, and exploring new places. He is a member of the Penn South gym, the Penn South community garden and a nearby Democratic club.

Stories

When the Therapist Lost Her Mind

From Featured &Gramercy Park &Stuyvesant Town about alzheimer's, Apartment Life, couples, Family, married life, Paranoia, Sweet and Sour, therapy
Published on: 10/03/2012

King of Handball

From Brooklyn Heights &Featured about handball, In Search of Lost Time, Men, Sports & Recreation, Sports and Recreation
Published on: 01/24/2012

The Slow Death of a Magazine

From West Village about Office Space
Published on: 12/15/2010

The Piano

From Across the River &Bronx about Ancestors, Art and Performance
Published on: 09/14/2009

The 1977 Blackout Hits Co-op City

From Bronx &East Bronx about Apartment Life
Published on: 04/08/2009

The Slow Death of Dan Dinnerstein

From Washington Heights about In Search of Lost Time, Men
Published on: 11/02/2008

Recent Stories
- What’s in a Name
  by liz dolan 05/06/2013
  Sitting in the second row of the balcony at the New York City Center ballet, I, sixteen, entranced by the melodies of Swan Lake, watched a tall, muscular sun-god pirouetting and jeteing on the stage. As he soared, I gasped at the height of his jumps and his sure-footed landings. But I had not come [...]
- Playing Hide and Seek in the Bronx
  by Jackie Minghinelli 04/25/2013
  Decades ago, when my brother was about ten and I around fourteen, he began to spend an extraordinary amount of time in his room. We lived in an apartment in a sketchy neighborhood in the Bronx. There were muggings, petty and not so petty thefts, and a few cases of violent crimes. Still, we played [...]
- Dope
  by Jared Mazzaschi 04/25/2013
  *This story is written from the perspective of the author’s former roommate. The names have been changed but all events happened as stated. Andy is being a serious cocksucker and holding onto my money. He won’t give me any. He says it’s for my own good and that I’ll just go and spend it on [...]
Recent Comments
- Mop Her Up: Homeless at the Vertical Club (7)
  - mary: I remember Julieyou and your hubby were dancers. I had long Red hair basically worked the desk at all hours so...
- Playing Hide and Seek in the Bronx (2)
  - Beth Dougherty: When can I read more?
  - Dennis Kotch: Jackie: Well done. Each day you get better. Dennis Kotch
- Scaffolding (2)
  - josh gilbert: I walked past the building yesterday. Right there on Broadway and Chambers St. The NYC Building’s...
- No Privacy in the Community House Community (1)
  - Christopher: The Park Slope YMCA’s Community House may have been part of the community decades ago but it is...
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