There’s even a tile rotation or “tile dance” called “The Charleston.” In 1937, Jewish women in New York City formed the National Mah Jongg League, codifying American mah jongg rules and kicking off a ...

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Mah jongg, the centuries-old tile game of Chinese origin, is a favorite pastime for American Jewish women. A fad in the United States in the 1920s, it regained popularity in 1937 when a group of ...

Two, three or — usually — four players take turns drawing and returning the tiles, trying to put together one of numerous hands determined by the National Mah Jongg League, the arbiters of the ...

Linda is an excellent teacher and helped me select the best hand from the 50 or so options listed on the National Mah Jongg League card I had in front of me. Even then, I kept mixing up the hand ...