Surfing the Waves of Uncertainty: How Jewish Educational Leaders Face Enduring Dilemmas

ABSTRACT The authors taught students in an Executive Master's program in Jewish education how to recognize and manage Enduring Dilemmas, situations in which two prized Jewish values stand in tension with one another and cannot be enacted simultaneously. They explore how these educators draw on the leadership practice of Managing Enduring Dilemmas in their professional lives and highlight the power of this practice to bring a unique Jewish frame and semblance of order to complex situations and issues. They conclude by describing the process by which educators learn this practice and the implications for professional learning and leadership development.