[1][2] Unusually in Orthodox Jewish life, she mediated between her husband and Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who was the Lubavitcher Rebbe, leader of one of the largest Hassidic groups, on matters relating to Israel.
This was made possible by a longstanding connection between them - she had even played football as a child with Schneerson in pre-war France.
[2] She did extensive charity work, including Yad Sarah, Emunah and Kisharon.
[3] She died at the Royal Free Hospital, London, of bronchopneumonia and heart failure, on 7 May 2010.
[1] Her death was mourned by a crowd of 5,000 on the Shirehall Estate in Hendon, London, where she had lived in her later years.