How mahjong became American and Jewish

This surprising history is explored in Annelise Heinz’s new book, Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture

How mahjong became American-and Jewish (Tablet Magazine)
The women behind the ‘national’ version of the Chinese game

What the surprising history of mahjong can teach us about America (Time)

Photo: Charlotte Levy, second from the left, and her mahjong group in suburban Philadelphia in the 1960s (Lauren Sodano).