Here's an extraordinarily vulnerable and beautiful piece by the editor of The Jewish Child - HATZOPHEH (The Scout) - who was actually Elma Ehrlich Levinger (1887-1958). 
She informs her readers (aged 9 to 16, as the audience was conceived) that she was feeling low, and began to doubt if the readers enjoy it at all, the content seemed plain, even the pictures stupid and inartistic.
Then she opened a letter from a boy named Joseph in Texas—
Then she opened a letter from a boy named Joseph in Texas—
Joseph told her how much he enjoys The Jewish Child. There's no Jewish school for him, and his grandmother who told him about Jewish things moved to Cleveland, to live with his uncle.
But his uncle sent him The Jewish Child—
But his uncle sent him The Jewish Child—
And he feels that what he lacks, a Jewish school, and Jewish friends - is made up for by the content in this periodical.
It put joy and a smile back into the editor, Elma Ehrlich Levinger. What she did, her hard work and passion - it did matter.
And she told her young readers about it. 1915
And she told her young readers about it. 1915
Here's a picture of Elma Levinger, Hatzopheh, Scout, the extraordinary editor of The Jewish Child. This photo is from 1915.
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