Is Goliath really a good guy with a bad reputation? • Why Devo is a lot more Jewis h than you realized • Happy 87th birthday t o Herb Alpert (who made Christmas a little mo re Jewish)

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Culture

Does Goliath deserve his bad reputation? A new spin on an old villain

By Benjamin Ivry

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How a legendary New Wave band got a new jolt of Jewish humor

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Why are we talking about Herb Alpert’s Christmas album in March? Because it’s his 87th birthday.

By Dan Epstein

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