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Episode 18: Mah Jongg Tov
Can We Talk?
English - November 21, 2017 14:24 - 13 minutes - 18 MB - ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsSociety & Culture History jewish women jews judaism feminism social activism history education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We join the Mah Jongg Tov Mah Jongg Club for an evening of laughs, nostalgia, and the sounds of Mah Jongg … an ancient Chinese table game that’s embedded in Jewish culture. Mah Jongg is tactile, competitive, and social. Long played in China, Mah Jongg fever struck America in the 1920s. The general population lost interest during the Great Depression, but Jewish women have held on to the game for nearly a century. For years Mah Jongg has been stereotyped as an old lady’s game, but today, it’s having a renaissance among Jewish women of all ages.