Did you hear the news?

In today's New York Times special "Museums" section, there is a feature written by Steven Heller about our upcoming exhibition, "Project Mah Jongg." He describes in great detail the history of mah jongg, its influence in Jewish-American life, and how the exhibition will chronicle both the commercial and social history of the game.

Steve conducted interviews with Melissa Martens, our fab curator, and Abbott Miller, a partner at Pentagram, who is the exhibition designer. The entire article appears here and is a very enjoyable read. If you're a fan of mah jongg, or you know people who are, plan to visit May 4 through January 2, 2011.

Here's an even better idea. If you become a member of the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust before April 19, you will receive an invitation to the Members Preview Day. You'll see the show before anyone else. Think about how much fun that would be...

We have some terrific Mah Jong programs happening in conjunction with the exhibition. On May 16 we will welcome comedians Cory Kahaney, Jessica Kirson, and self-proclaimed "Oriental Yenta" Esther Goodhart for "The Future Mah Jongg Players of Majestic Isles," an afternoon of comedy and stories about mah jongg and the people who are crazy about it.

On November 7 we will host a program with our colleagues at the Museum of Chinese in America about Jews and Chinese Food. Arthur Schwartz (who will be here next week schmoozing with David Sax), will discuss why Jews and Chinese food go together like, well, Jews and Chinese food. The program will be followed by a walking tour of Chinatown.

And we'll be selling some pretty cool stuff in the shop, too.

We have more plans in the hopper. You will just have to keep checking the website, logging on to Facebook, or subscribing to the blog's RSS feed for updates.