[1][2] She is a graduate of Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sport Sciences, and is the first Jewish physical education teacher to work in the Arab school in Taibe.

[2][3] As a player for Israel's Maccabi Ramat Khen, Ostfeld was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for scoring 108 points in a 221–21 team victory on November 17, 1981, the most-ever points scored in a women's professional game.

[1] In 2004, her advocacy for increased funding and media coverage of women's sports led the Israeli High Court of Justice to order that the Union of Local Authorities fund women's sports associations at a rate of 1.5 times the sum allocated to equivalent men's sport associations.

[5] Ostfeld was awarded the International Olympic Committee’s European Women and Sport Award in 2005 “As a player, administrator, and coach”, recognizing her dedication to and advancement of women's sports in Israel.

[2][3] Ostfeld received the Pillar of Achievement Award from the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.