WASHINGTON - The Spring Student Organization Fair was quickly brought to a halt this past week by authorities after receiving a tip warning of too many rabbis in the vicinity.

“The building has very strict codes,” said the Fire Marshall, “and I’m sorry to say, but we specifically established only three rabbis were allowed at one time. It becomes too much of a fire hazard otherwise.

The rabbis, attending as representatives of the university’s many Jewish student groups, were offering free rugelach and asked many passing individuals wearing full-frame glasses if they were proud of their heritage.

“This is a travesty, to be completely honest,” explained Rabbi Saul Stein, “I don’t mean to kvetch, I don’t mean to kvitch, but this makes me all verklempt.”

The building’s emergency procedures clearly indicate that the rabbis must not block the pathway to the exits, as the accrued thousands of years of glorious tradition could in turn become flammable.

“Once again we are taken from where we belong,” mused one of the rabbis, sorrowfully, as a lone fiddler plays on, following him in the background through the countryside.