None of this, I would venture, is news to anyone. Many reasons have been proposed for why Orthodox Jews are increasingly aligning with the Republican Party over the past decade. It might be Israel, or religious liberty, or a whole bunch of issues that convinced Orthodox Jews to make that decision and enthusiastically support President Trump. What is new, however, is that Orthodox Jews have begun to feel as though they are at “home” in the Republican Party and in the conservative movement. My grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, who loves me as only a grandmother can, does not get upset with her grandchildren. That is, unless I write or say something that she sees as critical of anyone on the political right — or if I were to be mean to another one of her grandchildren.