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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: The new mahjong cards are arriving: Will the pandemic mean another lost winter for players?
Description: For legions of mahjong players, this is the most exciting time of year. In the next week or two, the new 2022 version of the official card rules will be arriving from the National Mah Jongg League headquarters in the United States.
For untold numbers of mahjong fans—including many Jewish Canadians—the new card poses new challenges, but also brings uncertainty. The COVID pandemic has severely impacted how people played the game these last two years —if they could play at all.
To chat about what mahjong lovers can expect, we're joined by Shirley Hanick, a majh...