Sisterhood Paid Up Membership Dinner is our way to thank and acknowledge those women who paid their Sisterhood dues. All those in attendance believe in the importance of belonging and supporting Sisterhood and our affiliation with Women’s League of Conservative Judaism (WLCJ). A portion of your dues ($15 per person) goes to WLCJ which supports the Conservative Jewish movement worldwide, including Tikkun Olam projects in places such as Uganda and Ukraine. With your support, Har Shalom Sisterhood is able to give back to our synagogue, Early Childhood Center and Religious School - financially, programmatically and with women power! 

Barbara Ressin will speak about Hedy Lamarr, the natural beauty, actress and inventor who pioneered the technology behind Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS.

Hedy Lamarr was considered “the most beautiful woman in the world.” What is truly remarkable about Hedy Lamarr is that she was a genius and patented an invention in 1941 that led to the use of many of the electronics that we use today. From cell phones to drones, from bar codes to garage door openers, we all are beneficiaries of her imaginative brain. Sadly, none of us were aware of that until the late 1990s, and she never received the attention, acknowledgment by the scientific community, or compensation that she deserved. Her Hollywood career and her many marriages,{6] as well as her beauty, overshadowed her brilliant mind. Her infamous movie made in 1932 in Germany, which featured several nude scenes, was banned in the U.S. She left Europe to head to Hollywood, as did other fellow Jews, due to the rise of Hitler and anti-Semitism in Austria.

BARBARA RESSIN is a graduate of Towson University with a B.S. in education, taught 3 years in the Baltimore City School System, 25 years at the Beth Tfiloh Day school in the secular division, adjunct faculty member of the Community College of Baltimore County at both the Owings Mills, Essex, and Hunt Valley campuses, adjunct faculty member of Osher Life Long Learning Institute at Towson University, adjunct faculty member of the Renaissance Academy for the Florida Gulf State University, member of Oasis faculty in Montgomery County under auspices of Johns Hopkins University, taught at Food For Thought Lectures, Kaleidoscope at Roland Park School, the Renaissance Group, Roland Park Women's Club, lectured for The Lecture Group, Western Howard County Senior Center, Friends of the Pikesville Library, North Oaks Retirement Community, Oakcrest Retirement Community, Edenwald Retirement Community, and various religious and philanthropic groups around the state.