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hat hat do you get
when you mix two
nice Jewish boys
from Miami with rap music
and a memory of Uncle
George Grunblatt? The an-
swer: 2 Live Jews — a.k.a.
Moisha MC and Easy Irving
—rapping it up.
These two Jews, Joe Stone,
25, and Eric Lambert, 27,
who took some time off from
the South Florida comedy
club circuit to write and
record "As Kosher As They
Wanna Be," are not without
critics. Those who take um-
brage with the Jewish
rappers note the stereotypes
they use — such as the lyrics
and title of J.A.P. Rap.
But, these very-much-alive
Jews are very proud of their
work. "This is not
chazzerai," Moisha said.
The album, (out also on com-
pact disc and cassette) has
spent three weeks as the No.
one seller in South Florida
record stores, according to
Gerald Bain, vice president
of merchandising for Q
Records, a Gold Coast record
chain. And the two are re-
ceiving notoriety throughout
the country, doing numerous
TV appearances and news-
paper interviews.
The comedy team of
Lambert and Stone begat
Moisha and Irving during a
discussion of the controver-
sial black rap group, 2 Live
Crew. The name "2 Live
Jews" sounded catchy and
through improvisation, the
two developed the elderly
rappers, complete with plaid
pants and heavy gold chains.
Mr. Stone, who is Easy Irv-
ing, said his character is
fashioned after his Uncle
George, while Eric's MC is a
combination character
study.
Irving is hard-of-hearing
(that's deaf not def) and
searching for a bargain
("Whatdaya think, I'm
Rockefella?") and Moisha is
an 83-year-old rabbi with a
hankering for a nice brisket
sandwich.
"We were rapping when
rapping wasn't rapping, it
was just kibbitzing with
rhymes," Moisha said.
"Then the rap thing took off,
and left us in the dust."
With the success of Moisha
and Irving, Stone and
Lambert plan to collaborate

Linda Brockman is a writer for
the Miami Jewish Tribune

again on another album, this
time as different characters.
They want to try some diff-
erent options.
Their just-for-fun songs in-
clude "Shake Your Tuchas"
and "Oy!, fe's So Humid," a
take-off on 2 Live Crew's
"Me So Horny."
Mr. Lambert and Mr.
Stone claim their old, Jewish
characters may remind their
Jewish audiences of a crusty,
but sweet zaide, but there is
still the question of whether
these stereotypes fuel the
fire of anti-Semitism.
Asked about this criticism,
Mr. Lambert said, "Billy
Crystal does it. Eddie Mur-
phy does it. Jackie Mason
does it. Frankly, I think
we're better than them."
Mr. Lambert contends that
people who are offended by

The two are
receiving notoriety
throughout the
country, doing
numerous TV
appearances and
interviews.

the record either have not
heard it or "they just want to
kvetch."
"This is a comedy
album,"Mr. Stone adds,
"and we're a comedy team.
We did not intend to start a
controversy."
The stereotypical subjects
that Moisha and Irving sing
about are matchmaking
("The Matchmaka' Game"),
Jewish American Princesses
("J.A.P. Rap") and
cheapness ("Beggin' for a
Bargain"), along with their
whiney-voiced back-up
singers ("Oy! It's So
Humid"), the comedians say.
"Ethnic humor is like
tickling with an ice pick,"
said Arthur Teitelbaum,
southern area director of the
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith. "You have to
be careful or you'll draw
blood."
Although the ADL is
opposed to censorship, Mr.
Teitelbaum said he does
urge "any artist who uses
stereotypes to recognize how
quickly their artistry can be
distorted to serve a mean-
spirited purpose."
Mr. Teitelbaum said he is
opposed to the reference to
JAPs, especially with the re-
cent JAP-bashing incidents
on Northern college cam-
puses. "This proves that
there is a slippery slope bet-
ween what some might con-

