For thousands of years, Jews were persecuted, exiled, and even killed for performing one ritual: circumcision. Empires banned it. Tyrants criminalized it. During the Holocaust, it could reveal a Jewish man’s identity and cost him his life. Yet generation after generation, Jews refused to abandon brit milah (circumcision). Why did this ancient ritual matter so much? Explore the powerful history, spirituality, and resilience behind one of Judaism’s oldest traditions.
