Selma Weiss and three other players concentrate on the racks of plastic tiles before them. Then, the four women take turns picking and discarding the rectangular yellow-and-white mah-jongg tiles on ...

Five years ago when a close friend told me she wanted to start a mah-jongg group and invited me join her, I immediately said yes. Sure, we were in our thirties, not our eighties, but I liked the idea ...

In an age when one often reads a novel by flipping the pages of an ebook or plays solitaire by dealing the cards on the screen, describing oneself as a “gamer” is typically preceded by the unspoken ...

I have always loved to play games, and when an opportunity arises to learn a new one, I am in. I wanted to learn Mah Jongg, so I got the chance to do so last week. Carol plays often and decided to try ...

Whether it’s those in the Wednesday group at the Church of the Holy Nativity in Clarendon Hills or the Monday group at the Community House in Hinsdale, the interest in and motivation for playing ...

Want to learn to play American Mah Jongg? In five daily classes, learn the fundamentals of American Mah Jongg in an online course with teachers Donna Gibbon and Alicia Eissler. Classes will focus on ...

Perhaps it was the memorable scene in 2018’s “Crazy Rich Asians” that sparked new interest in an old game. Or, maybe it was about a year later when Julia Roberts revealed to “The Late Show” host ...

It’s been a major pastime for centuries for Chinese men and almost a century for Jewish women from New York to California, from Beechwood to Lorain. Now, it’s the focal point of a major new museum ...