BERTRAND RUSSELL AND THE TRIANGLE (PODCAST)
He may or may not have said it, but Bertrand Russel’s riposte about not being a triangle has become famous. A reference in Parshat Eikev – said twice daily in the Shema prayer – offers the Jewish view on Russell’s alleged remark.
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