At the Henry Street Hebrew School, Goldblatt, the new teacher,
finished the day's lesson. It was now time for the usual
question period.

"Mr. Goldblatt," announced little Joey, "there's somethin' I can't
figger out."

"What's that Joey?" asked Goldblatt.

"Well accordin' to the Bible, the Children of Israel crossed the
Red Sea, right?"

"Right."

"An' the Children of Israel beat up the Philistines, right?"

"Er--right."

"An' the Children of Israel built the Temple, right?"

"Again you're right."

"An' the Children of Israel fought the 'gyptians, an' the Children
of Israel fought the Romans, an' the Children of Israel wuz
always doin' somethin' important, right?"

"All that is right, too," agreed Goldblatt. "So what's your
question?"

"What I wanna know is this," demanded Joey. "What wuz all
the grown-ups doin?"