A Skirt, a Wig, and a Glock-19
L to R: Rabbi Yossi Eilfort of Magen Am, Mushka Lowenstein, Srula Chaiton, and Dassy Eilfort take aim at a shooting range. (Mark Abramson for The Free Press)
With antisemitic hate crimes on the rise, Orthodox Jewish women are packing heat to defend their communities.
The first thing Mushka Lowenstein does after saying her morning prayers, adjusting her wig, and serving her three kids breakfast, is take her Glock-19 out of the safe.
Then she puts on her uniform—a sweater and a skirt with hidden pants and belt loops sewn in where she places the holster for her gun. Then she grabs the portable case that carries her Glo…
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