Sunday, March 11, 2018 11:58 AM

The doctor types rapidly, using all the fingers on her left hand but only one finger on her right. We talk about eating in Israel and in the US. "Yes, it is perhaps too easy to get coffee and a pastry here. When I visited my sister in Brooklyn, in Bushwick -- you know Bushwick? -- I wanted to get inexpensive coffee and a pastry, but all they had was coffee, coffee, and it was the filter coffee, the drip. Not like here, with the milk and also the pastry. But yes, fewer calories, so that is good." She taps the Enter key. My phone immediately buzzes with SMSes of further appointments. "I will see you again. You will be well."