Octogenarian goes into freefall for charity

She had been aware of Emunah’s work “since I was a child in Manchester, when the organisation began as Women’s Mizrachi, so I grew up with the idea that, through Emunah, you could help vulnerable children in Israel.”

Mrs Zarum — a transcriber at the trial of Adolf Eichmann — added that as she was not in a position physically to help those in need, “I have raised funds to pay for the professional people at Emunah who can”.

The abseil was one of a quartet of events which earned in excess of £20,000 towards a new dormitory at the Afula children’s home and a summer programme of activities and therapies.

The others were a four-day sponsored hike in the Scottish Highlands, a bridge lunch and a meeting of the charity’s men’s lunch club which was addressed by journalist Joshua Rozenberg.