Shortly thereafter, she emigrated to the United States, where she found a teaching position at a Jewish girls' school in Paterson, New Jersey.
In 1950 she met and married Hermann Merkin, a German-Jewish businessman, who was twelve years her senior.
They were also deeply devoted to Fifth Avenue Synagogue, of which Hermann Merkin was the founding President.
She maintained a strong tie to, and a great love for, the Holy Land until her death in 2006.
She also wrote a novel, Borrowed Lands, which was published by Rubin Mass Ltd. in 2000 in a second revised edition.