Status Report on My Battle With the Iowa City VA

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Saturday May 12, 2007 · 9:04 PM PDT

2007/05/12 · 21:04

It has been, sadly, a hellish Shabbos, filled with kidney stone pain and lack of rest. The VA is holding firm in their reprisals for my public evisceration of their religious discrimination, aggressive Christian proselytizing tactics and blatant violations of my Civil Rights. They have cut off my pain medication and I am holding off going into their Urgent Care (which my new Primary Care Physician has advised me to do if the pain become unbearable) until I become too exhausted and the pain becomes too severe for me to cope with any further. Truthfully, I dread surrendering myself again into the hands of the VA’s own version of the Christian hoards.

Iowa City Akiva

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Friday May 04, 2007 · 3:32 AM PDT

2007/05/04 · 03:32

Although I have to admit it came as no great surprise, I was disappointed yesterday when the Iowa City VA Hospital & Clinic apparently struck back in response to my on-going vigorous and justifiable campaign to assert my Constitutional Rights and assist the Iowa City VA Hospital & Clinic in rectifying an alarming pattern of religious discrimination.

Even after my meeting with the VA patient advocate and a representative from Chaplain Services Wednesday (accompanied by my Rabbi), the VA has agreed to rectify only one of the issues of religious discrimination I have brought forward: they have agreed to provide kosher food for patients who request it. During my three hospitalizations at the Iowa City VA Hospital I had been denied kosher food and had to endure each hospitalization without eating. Regarding all other issues, both those I have addressed within my blog and others: the VA has refused outright to take action on some, and others the VA has agreed only to "look into."

Certainly the Iowa City VA’s resistance to correcting obvious and on-going examples of religious discrimination was serious enough on the face of it; but yesterday they upped the ante.

Iowa City Akiva

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Wednesday May 02, 2007 · 8:16 PM PDT

2007/05/02 · 20:16

First of all I would like to express my appreciation for all the feedback, suggestions and support I received in response to my previous post regarding religious discrimination at the Iowa City VA Hospital & Clinic. I followed up on many of your suggestions, including contacting Congressman Loebsack’s office – an idea I got from Mchll’s note. I sent out a bevy of e-mails late last night and by first thing this morning I heard back from Congressional staffers in Loebsack’s Iowa City office.

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Tuesday May 01, 2007 · 5:48 PM PDT

2007/05/01 · 17:48

Since moving back to Iowa about two years ago I have been thrust into a struggle with the Iowa City Veterans Hospital & Clinics over religious discrimination and Christian proselytizing.

Iowa City Akiva

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Thursday April 26, 2007 · 7:13 PM PDT

2007/04/26 · 19:13

My assessment of the candidates and predictions following tonight’s debate are as follows:

Iowa City Akiva

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Sunday March 18, 2007 · 8:08 PM PDT

2007/03/18 · 20:08

Equality legislation in Oregon may soon be a reality.

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Homosexuality and the "War on Christianity"

Iowa City Akiva

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Tuesday March 13, 2007 · 7:53 PM PDT

2007/03/13 · 19:53

Today in a press release issued by the son and designated successor of Oral Roberts,

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Thursday March 08, 2007 · 11:35 PM PST

2007/03/08 · 23:35

A review of my thoughts on topics of interest for the day.

Iowa City Akiva

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Friday November 03, 2006 · 8:56 PM PST

2006/11/03 · 20:56

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