Mahjong: One of the newest and oldest games played in America

There are a variety of spellings of the game of mahjong. Heritage uses the AP Stylebook format, unless used in a specific name like the National Mah Jongg League.

Few games have managed to be both ancient and newly fashionable, but mahjong is one of them. Mahjong is a tile-based game of skill and strategy, played with 152 engraved tiles, racks, dice, and chips. Its roots in China stretch back centuries, but it gained popularity in the United States during the 1920s. It was Jewish women who adopted it early and made it their own, turning the game into a cultural mainstay that has been passed do...