My grandmother, “Nana Ray,” died more than 20 years ago but recently I found a new connection with her. My mom, Sandy Stern, and I learned how to play mahj about a year ago. My mom recalls her mother, Nana…
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I Can't Play Mahj
Through a series of happy circumstances, I own six vintage mah-jongg sets and a handful of old National Mah-Jongg League’s Official Hands and Rules cards. An antique cigar tin on my coffee table is chock-full of sublime butterscotch mahj tiles.…
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I Can’t Play Mahj
Through a series of happy circumstances, I own six vintage mah-jongg sets and a handful of old National Mah-Jongg League’s Official Hands and Rules cards. An antique cigar tin on my coffee table is chock-full of sublime butterscotch mahj tiles.…
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Maltz Museum Sets Up Project Mah Jongg
Community Preview and Tournament Are Just a Few of the Events Planned (January 12, 2012, Cleveland, OH) – Clever marketers claimed mah jongg dated back to Confuciusm and other regal origins – though the game we know actually took…
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Della Slessinger, My Mahj Mom
1935. I was five years old. My job when my mother hosted her mahj game was to place a little piece of thin paper in the rolling machine, place a pinch of tobacco along-side, then roll and paste each one…
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Free Admission – Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Maltz Museum
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration at the Maltz Museum Sponsored by Huntington Bank Free Admission to all Museum galleries and special programs! (January 6, 2012) Cleveland, OH – Participate in our tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. with…
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Rachel Lesser's Mahj Memory
I was born in November of 1934. Mah jongg is one of my first and fondest memories. Falling asleep at night to the clicking of the tiles and the murmur of the voices of my mother and her friends playing…
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Rachel Lesser’s Mahj Memory
I was born in November of 1934. Mah jongg is one of my first and fondest memories. Falling asleep at night to the clicking of the tiles and the murmur of the voices of my mother and her friends playing…
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With Tears in My Eyes
Several years ago a good friend moved back to town and invited me to learn to play mahj with her group. These mavens probably had 100 years of experience among them and they truly were excellent teachers. As I evolved…
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With Tears in My Eyes
Several years ago a good friend moved back to town and invited me to learn to play mahj with her group. These mavens probably had 100 years of experience among them and they truly were excellent teachers. As I evolved…
Posted in Mah Jongg Story
