Wexner Professional Leadership Network 2026 Alumni Institute: 

Navigating Complexity 

MATERIALS & RESOURCES FOR FURTHER LEARNING 

INSTITUTE SCHEDULE AND PARTICIPANT LIST 

• Schedule
• Bio Book and Roster

NAVIGATING COMPLEXITY 

• The most complex issues you’re facing…in 6 words or less

POLARITY MANAGEMENT 

• Polarity Management Slides
  • • Important note: The material is proprietary. Shoshana pays for an annual license to use this intellectual property, so please reserve the PDF for your own use only. Do not pass it along to others without attribution to Polarity Partnerships. 
• List of General Polarities
• Additional polarity resources and training opportunities here: https://www.polaritypartnerships.com/ 
• Those in schools may find this book helpful: Unleashing the Positive Power of Differences: Polarity Thinking in Our Schools: Polarity Thinking in Our Schools 
• And those in synagogue congregations may find this book helpful: Managing Polarities in Congregations: Eight Keys for Thriving Faith Communities 
• More Books
  • • • Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems Polarity Management 
      • Navigating Polarities: Using Both/And Thinking to Lead Transformation 
      • Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems
• Tali Zelkowicz published a paper using the polarity management framework to address a polarity in the field and history of Jewish education specifically: Using Both/And Thinking to Lead Transformative and Enduring Learning in Jewish Communal Life 
  • • • You’ll find:
        • • Supplement A is the brief exercise she invites readers to take a minute to do before reading the paper. 
          • Supplements B and C are short pieces that are closely tied to the core thesis, but made more sense to include as appendices. 

BEIT MIDRASH

• Polarities as Illustrated in Jewish Texts

DIVREI TORAH

• D’var Torah – Erica Frankel
• D’var Torah – Danny Nevins 
  • Reference this book

ALUMNI-LED ELECTIVES 

• The Complexity of Mixed-Ancestry Communities – Sarah Benor, WGF/DS 11
  • • • JIMENA resources: Sephardic toolkit, consultations, speakers bureau 
      • JIMENA research: Sephardic & Mizrahi Jews in the United States, Sephardic Inclusion in LA and NY Jewish Schools and Camps 
      • Shoresh Maps: Exploring and engaging your community’s diverse ancestry 
      • Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Moroccan Trope/Te’amim: For b-mitzvah tutoring in diverse communities 
      • Jewish Language Project: curriculum, exhibit, edu posters, podcast, fun facts, video library, heritage words events, walking tours, etc. 
• Raising Children in the Age of Screens: Facing the Challenge Together – Yoni Schwab, WFF 2 
  • • • Sourcesheet
• The Complexity of Revelation: Four Sinai Stories – Daniel Kirzane, WGF/DS 21
  • • • The Complexity of Revelation: Four Sources at Sinai
      • What Happened at Sinai/Horeb: The Sources Combined (except D)
      • The-Complexity-of-Revelation-JEPD-separated.pdf
• Judaism and Sexuality: The Torah of the Question – Jennie Rosenfeld, WGF/DS 14 
  • • • Sourcesheet
• The Complexity of Disability and Complexity – Tali Cohen Carrus, WGF/DS 29
  • • • Sourcesheet 
      • A Familiar Figure in his Town: Megillah 24b
      • Gateways Accessibility Checklist for Conferences, Trainings, and Webinars
• Yes-And…Improv Tolls for Jewish Leadership and Community Life – Serena Eisenberg, WGF/DS 9, Fred Klein, WGF/DS 6 and Joe Kanofsky, WGF/DS 11 
  • • • Sourcesheet
• Cultivating Organizational Culture in Times of Transition – Addie Lewis Klein, WFF 4 
  • • • Sourcesheet
• Leading through Difference: A Values-Based Framework for Complex Decisions – Lani Santo, WFF 4 
  • • • Sourcesheet
      • Compare Decision Making Models- How Do We Decide
• Wexner Song Circle – Aki Yonekawa, WGF/DS 26 
  • • • Sourcesheet
• The Complexity of Allyship – Mike Moskowitz, WFF 7
  • • • Honoring the Complexity of Allyship by Showing Up 

 

100 QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR ALUMNI COMMUNITY 

Overview and process of Group Level Assessment (GLA) protocol that was used to gather data, reflect on and analyze priorities around the Alumni community: 

http://www.mtei-learning.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/c07s06-GLA-Workshop-Overview.pdf 

REMARKS FROM THE PRESIDENT

• Remarks by Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson

CULTIVATING HOPE IN TIMES OF CRISIS

• M2 Program: Hope in a Time of Crisis
• M2 Crossroads Cards: Where Values Meet Action 

PHOTOS

Alumni Institute 2026 – Shared Photo Album