Video about the upcoming game night. The Chinese game came to North America in the 1920s and, as it grew popular with everyone from Hollywood stars and housewives to immigrants, it became an American game — one with an unlikely bond with Jewish women.
Article by Susan Schwartz, Montreal Gazette
The pleasant clacking sound of mahjong tiles being mixed or shuffled will be part of the soundtrack in a mahjong night next Thursday evening, Aug. 17, at the Museum of Jewish Montreal.
Full article in Montreal Gazette and shared on Facebook.com/groups/MahjongCommunity
Register online at museemontrealjuif.ca/event/mahjong-night for Mahjong Night, Aug. 17 at the Museum of Jewish Montreal, 5220 St Laurent Blvd., at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 plus tax for adults, or $5 for children: There will be a kids’ area with colouring pages. sschwartz@postmedia.com
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National Mah Jongg League Rules are based on exactly 152 tiles as follows:
Eight Jokers, four of each Wind (N, E, W, S) tile, four of each Dragon (Red, Green and White) eight Flowers, and three suits (Bam, Crak and Dot) numbered one to nine (there are four identical tiles for each number) Each wall is comprised of exactly 19 double-tiered tiles.
East rolls dice to break the wall.
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