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FAQ 4a. Mah-Jongg Links
Know of other links which should be included?
Check FAQ 4b to see if they're listed there, and if not please email the Webmaster.
Lessons & Teachers
| State | City/Area | Type of M.J. | Name | Email and/or phone | Website |
| CA | Los Angeles | American, Chinese Official, Chinese Classical, Taiwanese, Hong Kong, Japanese, Western, & others | Tom Sloper |  |
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| CA | San Fernando Valley | American | Judi Nachenberg | judi@mahjonggfunla.com | Click! |
| CA | Los Angeles (Univ. of Judaism, Bel Air) | American | Elaine Sandberg | elasan@msn.com | Click! |
| CA | Los Angeles | American | Joyce McShane | iamjoyoous@ca.rr.com | (310) 837-8520. I teach at Roxbury Park Recreation Center twice a week. Call me! |
| CA | L.A. (Studio City) | American | Doris Borenstein | D4517@webtv.net | (none) |
| CO | Boulder | Chinese and American | Jan MahJongg Meyer | snobhillco@hotmail.com | (none) |
| CO | Thornton (north Denver) | Chinese Classical | Kathy Limm | ashnewal@comcast.net | (none) |
| CT | Old Saybrook | Chinese Classical | Allison Friday | allisonfriday@msn.com | (none) |
| FL | Ft. Lauderdale, Hollywood | American | Sheila Strulowitz | stlou13@aol.com | (none) |
| FL | Fort Myers | American | MariAnne Albano | Info@PurpleDragonMahJongg.com | Click! |
| FL | Fort Myers | American | Nancy | seashellpoint@gmail.com | (none) |
| FL | North Palm Beach County | American | Arlene Shapiro | artedshapiro@yahoo.com |
(none) |
| FL | Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter and Tequesta | American | Anna Farina-Rosen | kmaindustriesinc@gate.net | Click! |
| GA | Savannah | American | Mary Hogan | the.missus.h@gmail.com | (none) |
| IL | Chicago (Hyde Park) | American | Arlene Rubin | ArleneCRubin@aol.com | (none) |
| IL | Vernon Hills (NW Suburbs) | American | Eden Siegler | esiegler@hotmail.com or call 847-918-8150 | (none) |
| MI | Battle Creek | (not stated) | Judie Moore | onedot49015@sbcglobal.net | (none) | NY | Ithaca (summer only) | American | Barbara Berger | Kiawahbarb8@aol.com | (none) |
| NY | LI, metropolitan NY | American | Ling Maris | mahjonglady@optonline.net or call 516 782 6621 | Click! |
| NY | Long Island | American | Alex Pollack | Call (631) 585-2832 | (none) |
| NY | NY (Upper Eastside) | American | Linda Feinstein | Visit my website: | Click! |
| NY | NY | American | Linda Fisher | lfisher718 [at] gmail.com | Click! |
| TX | Dallas | American | Marlene Stern | mstern2307@comcast.net | (none) | SC | Charleston (spring, autumn, winter only) | American | Barbara Berger | Kiawahbarb8@aol.com | (none) |
| VA | Lynchburg (Central VA, but will travel) | Shanghai, Hong Kong, American | Elise Dee Beraru | 434-851-4532, elise0511@comcast.net | (none) |
For tips on how to find teachers in your area, read FAQ 15.
Commercial Vendors and Suppliers
Maj Exchange Sponsors are those commercial and other vendors which have paid to place banner ads on the Maj Exchange, in order to help offset the cost associated with maintaining the site. We would like to thank all our sponsors for their generous support. For more information on becoming a Maj Exchange Sponsor, please email webmaster at sloperama dot com. Thanks!
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Get your kicks from MAH JONGG?? Go to
http://www.kmaindustries.com/
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KMA Industries has mah-jongg tablecloths, polo shirts, t-shirts, chocolates, magic coffee mugs, and many more mah-jongg accessories! Even big-number tiles for the visually impaired.
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WhereTheWindsBlow.com has fine quality mah-jongg gifts, gold mah-jongg charms, nightlights, trinket boxes, and many more mah-jongg accessories!
A Maj Exchange Sponsor! |
MahjongMahjong.com specializes in selling "vintage" mah jong sets. |
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American Mah Jongg Association.
The alternative American Mah-Jongg organization has mah-jongg merchandise for sale.
8605 Snowreath Road
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Esdee and by HIS hand. - Mah-Jongg jewelry and more! |
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IN EUROPE... Daja Mahjong carries an extensive line of mah-jongg books and products. |
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Exclusively MahJongg is an extensive site of many types of new American and Chinese sets, accessories, jewelry, NMJL Standard Hands and Rules cards, and a great deal more. |
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Want your tiles engraved? See Ken Kaplan's engravings at www.arkayengravers.com/tiles/ |
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Another resource if you need tiles carved is Morley Graphics (dlgallo@verizon.net). Regular reader Gina says, "Dee has done an amazing job helping me to complete some of my sets by carving tiles from blanks."
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Check out Travel Wizard's Mah-Jongg Site for sets, accessories, and some lovely graphics! |
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The Mah Jongg Maven - The Largest Selection of Mah-Jongg Games, Gifts & Supplies Available. Online ordering available. FREE Color Catalog Available! |
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BTG Productions has produced an award-winning documentary about Mah-Jongg, entitled "Mah Jongg: The Tiles That Bind". You can find out more about this film and order it from the BTG Productions site. |
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The Mah Jongg Shop carries a variety of new American and Chinese sets, some accessories, and pictures from the Japanese Mah Jongg Museum. |
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Wing Hop Fung usually has Hong Kong mah-jongg sets, and sometimes Vietnamese sets for sale. Probably no American sets. Click here for the website. I love this store! |
EverythingMahJongg is our newest vendor site discovery. This site sells mah-jongg stuff, mainly focusing on American-style mah-jongg.
MAH-JONGG ORGANIZATIONS in America
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American Mah Jongg Association.
The alternative American Mah-Jongg organization has a fun and different yearly card, a quarterly newsletter (which includes a column by Tom Sloper), a toll free number, and they accept credit cards too.
8605 Snowreath Road
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The WRIGHT-PATTERSON RULES are available only from the Wright Patterson Mah Jongg Group. This Western game is the one played by officers' wives on American military
bases all over the world; its has lots of fun special hands, and other specific
differences from other rules (see FAQ 2 and FAQ 3). If you play by the Wright-Patterson rules, no other book will
do!
Check out the Wright-Patterson OWC's great new website, at www.wrightpattersonowc.org (simply dismiss the ftp password dialogue box and error message that pop up).
Or write to: Those desiring information or answers to questions may email mahjongg@wrightpattersonosc.org
OR mail questions to the above address and include a self-addressed stamped envelope for reply.
Mah Jongg Book Sales
PO Box 1067
Fairborn, OH 45324
The North American Mahjong Federation was created in 2008. Join and participate in tournaments, both live and online.
Website: http://mahjongfederation.com/
For information about organizations in other countries, see FAQ 4b.
Tournaments & Cruises
Cruise and play
>From: LI2MARCO@aol.com
>Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 6:07 PM
>Subject: Mahjong Cruise Tournament
>My name is Linda Galenskas and I am an outside travel consultant with National Discount Cruise Company. Myself and Enid Dairman (Mahjong Tournament Director) are hosting a Mahjong Cruise Tournament Nov. 8 - 14, 2009.
>It is a 7 night Eastern Caribbean Cruise on the Emerald Princess (roundtrip Ft. Lauderdale, FL). The ports include: Princess Cay, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, and the Grand Turks. The Tournament will be played over 2 days which are the days at sea. We are offering a discounted cruise fare, waiving the fuel supplement, welcoming each participant with a gift in their stateroom, a private cocktail party, cash prizes, door prizes, entrance giveaways and a $50 shipboard credit (per statement).
>If you or any of your friends or students are interested, please contact me either by phone (516-356-0949 or 239-642-8568)or e-mail (Li2marco@aol.com).
>Also, please visit our website for further information at www.mahjongatsea.com
>Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.
>Regards,
>Linda Galenskas
>Outside Travel Consultant
>National Discount Cruise Co.
>516-356-0949
>Li2marco@aol.com
For a schedule of American Mah Jongg tournaments in the Los Angeles area, see Judi and Bill's Mah Jongg Fun website at
MahJonggFunLA.com.
8605 Snowreath Road
For information on NMJL tournaments and cruises in San Diego and Southern California, visit the Travel Wizard site at http://www.travelwizardtravel.com/tourney.htm
For information on weekly American-style tournaments in West Palm Beach, FL, contact Dorothy Kornheiser by email at bdko@webtv.net or call her at 561-689-8299.
Tournaments in Manhattan (the one in New York, not the one in California)! Check the website: www.manhattanmahjongg.com or write to the organizers at: manhattanmahj@aol dot com.
For info on American-style tournaments in the Midwest, visit www.midwestmahjongg.com. Dawn promises you'll have a lot of fun and meet nice people who love to play mah-jongg.
Mah Jongg at the Kalahari in the Wisconsin Dells November 13th-15th, 2009.
http://www.mahjonggkalahari.com/index.php. “Early Bird Special:” Register by June 15th for 5% discount on registration.
See a calendar of international tournaments at
http://icalshare.com/article.php?story=20060218163914541.
The site of the Italian Mah jong Association (the first association in Italy to use the Official International Rules in tournaments) awaits with impatience your visit to: www.mah-jong.it!
For information about organizing your own tournament, read FAQ 21 here on this website.
Not a tournament but a club that gathers weekly in Fort Lauderdale: Harmony Mah Jongg Club's website is www.harmonymahjongg.com.
For a schedule of American Mah Jongg tournaments in the Long Island area, see Sheryl Perry's 4 Winds Mah Jongg website at
http://4windsmahjongg.synthasite.com/.
American Mah Jongg Association.
The alternative American Mah-Jongg organization organizes mah-jongg cruises and mah-jongg camps.
Baltimore, MD 21208
Toll-Free: 1-800-663-4581
Fax: (410) 580-1358
E-mail: amermja@aol.com
Website: http://www.amja.net
For information on NMJL tournaments and cruises around the country, a copy of the official tournament rules, and additional information on the tournaments and cruises, visit Mah Jongg Madness
The North American Mahjong Federation was created in 2008. Join and participate in tournaments, both live and online.
Website: http://mahjongfederation.com/
Not only tournaments, but a warm friendly environment where people have fun playing the game of Mah Jongg!! The Purple Dragon club is in Fort Myers, Florida.
Computer Games -- Online and Offline
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For authentic Hong Kong style mah-jongg, try
Hong Kong Mahjong, the most exquisitely attractive mah-jongg software program of them all.
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For more mah-jongg software listings, see
FAQ #5. The games listed above and in FAQ 5 all embody the true four-player game of mah-jongg (these are not tile-matching games). For simpler "solitaire" (Tile-Matching) games played with mah-jongg tiles, see FAQ #12.
Other Excellent Mah-Jongg Sites
Jim May's Mahjong Museum is a great resource if you are looking for information about collectible mah-jongg sets. http://mahjongmuseum.com/.
CHarli's museum page is another great resource if you are looking for information about collectible mah-jongg sets. http://www.charli.org/Mah_Jong/Museum/welcome.htm.
Cool Old Games has a possibly useful gallery of photos of old American mah-jongg sets at http://www.coololdgames.com/MahJonggallery.html -
Visit Martin Rep's Mahjong NEWS, an impressive and comprehensive internet newspaper about all things mah-jongg. Keep up to date on mah-jongg happenings, software, and news. http://www.mahjongnews.com/.
Linda Fisher's site is the only site on the web that describes American-style mah-jongg as it is played today.
http://sites.google.com/site/mahjrules/. AND see FAQ 19 for fine points of the American rules (and commonly misunderstood rules). AND every table should have a copy of the official rules booklet from the NMJL (see FAQ 3).
http://www.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/mj.htm is Gareth Saunders' site; includes valuable information on how to buy mah-jongg stuff in the United Kingdom, and lots more great information.
And just in case I haven't tooted my own horn enough...
For LOTS more mah-jongg website listings, see FAQ #4b.
© 2010 Tom Sloper. All rights reserved.
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