Weil also sat on the board of the North Carolina Home for the Jewish Aged, worked for the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, and helped to raise money for numerous Jewish charities. In the 1930s and 1940s, she and her mother devoted much time and effort to rescuing Jewish refugees from persecution in Europe.Gertrude Weil (undated), section "What Judaism Means to Me." In Women of Valor exhibit of the Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
