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2024 Santa Clara County Jewish Community Study

The Santa Clara County Jewish Community Study, funded by Chai House, Inc. and commissioned by Jewish Silicon Valley, is the first study designed to catalyze Jewish communal partnerships and collective action across the entire county. Browse the Jewish Silicon Valley webpage below to learn more about the study’s goals and key findings.

Thriving Providers Project

This article by Dr. Lamisa Mustafa for the Thriving Providers Project delves into the key insights from a Colorado program trialing direct cash transfers to home-based childcare providers. Led by the Stanford Center on Early Childhood, the study found many benefits to the DCT system, including increased family access to basic needs and decreased caregiver […]

Living The Jewish Value of Inclusion

This opinion piece by Livia Thompson for EJewishPhilanthropy delves into the need to help community members easily access Jewish life. Drawing from the lessons of Passover, Thompson discusses how and why to decrease the barriers to Jewish learning and culture.

Connecting and Mapping Jewish Life in Santa Clara County

Jewish Silicon Valley is conducting a community-wide study to produce a broader and deeper understanding of the makeup and assets of the Jewish community in Santa Clara County. Through this study, they are hoping to establish a continual learning network that is responsive to changes and growth within the community from this point onwards.  Read […]

The Early Learning Study at Harvard

The Early Learning Study at Harvard (ELS@H) is a multi-year study that examines children’s development in the context of their early education and care settings. Findings from the ELS@H show: the importance of a mixed-delivery system of early education and care, the critical role of early educators in driving quality across all setting types despite […]

Research Studies on the Impact of Day School Education

What is the impact of a day school education? This resource provides a review of research studies conducted since the 1990s that address the question of Jewish day school and yeshiva impact. Read the full article here!

Early Childhood Education Can Have Long-term Positive Effects

Local school officials say that early childhood education, particularly preschool and pre-kindergarten, have long-lasting positive effects on a child’s education. With goals like kindergarten readiness and setting up life-long religious and non-religious learning, local Jewish preschool officials said they are working toward preparing young students for their future. Read the full article here!