The event at B'nai Jeshurun had been billed as “A Time of Prayer for the Neshamah [Soul] of Our Nation.” But after Wednesday's results, it became a very different kind of gathering.
Carlsbad, a community with about half the population of Modesto, removed invocations in 2023. In May of this year, it ordered police and fire chaplains to refrain from praying “in Jesus’ name.” ...