Local group · American Mah Jongg
JCC Pittsburgh AgeWell Mah Jongg
Also called AgeWell at the JCC Squirrel Hill Mah Jongg; AgeWell South Hills Mah Jongg; Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh Mah Jongg
Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh — AgeWell Squirrel Hill (Thursdays 1–3 p.m., Room 310) and AgeWell South Hills campus Tuesday table. American Mah Jongg open play.
Category: Local group · American Mah Jongg
Also called: AgeWell at the JCC Squirrel Hill Mah Jongg; AgeWell South Hills Mah Jongg; Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh Mah Jongg
Last checked: 2026-09-09
What it is
JCC Pittsburgh AgeWell Mah Jongg is the first-party American Mah Jongg open-play program under AgeWell at the JCC at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh: a standing Thursday table at the Squirrel Hill campus plus a standing Tuesday table at the South Hills campus. It is a JCC older-adult local group, not Japanese Riichi and not a commercial parlor.
Who it’s for
Pittsburgh / Allegheny County players who want standing in-person Mah Jongg tables with printed street addresses and weekly cadence on the official AgeWell pages — especially AgeWell participants (pages frame the program for adults 60+ who register with AgeWell). Distinct from Riichi clubs and from Facebook-only meetup scrapes.
Why it’s listed
This is a first-party JCC AgeWell program with street addresses, weekly cadence on the live Squirrel Hill schedule page, and dated 2026 South Hills / Squirrel Hill newsletters confirming the same weekday blocks — an unused US metro (Pittsburgh) for Plaza Local group listings on disk.
- AgeWell Squirrel Hill page (https://jccpgh.org/agewell/agewell-squirrel-hill/) loaded on 2026-09-09 under Ongoing Programs: Mah Jongg — Thursdays, 1–3 p.m., Room 310. Copy: “Players of all experience levels welcome.” Contact path printed for Liz Sherlock via AgeWell (use the AgeWell Squirrel Hill phone below rather than scraping personal email). Page notes the class schedule is subject to change; contact AgeWell staff for details.
- AgeWell Squirrel Hill August 2026 newsletter (https://jccpgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AgeWell-at-the-JCC-Monthy-Newsletter-August-2026.pdf): same line — Mah Jongg, Thursdays, 1–3PM, Rm 310.
- AgeWell South Hills September 2026 newsletter (https://jccpgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AgeWell-at-the-JCC-South-Hills-Newsletter-September-2026.pdf): ongoing programs list Mah Jongg, Tuesdays from 1–3 PM, with dated Tuesday calendar blocks that print 1 Mah Jongg.
- Venue / contact (https://jccpgh.org/ and https://jccpgh.org/contact/): JCC Squirrel Hill, 5738 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 — main 412-521-8010; AgeWell at the JCC Squirrel Hill 412-697-3514. JCC South Hills, 345 Kane Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15243 — main 412-278-1975; AgeWell South Hills 412-697-3552.
- AgeWell registration framing on the Squirrel Hill page: participants must be 60 years or older and a resident of Allegheny County to join AgeWell; appointments preferred for registration.
Schedule lines above are what the official pages and September/August 2026 newsletters showed on the check date. They can change (holidays, room moves). Confirm the live AgeWell page or current monthly newsletter before treating a seat as open.
Official URL
AgeWell Squirrel Hill (Mah Jongg schedule of record): https://jccpgh.org/agewell/agewell-squirrel-hill/
AgeWell South Hills (newsletters / campus hub): https://jccpgh.org/agewell/agewell-south-hills/
JCC Pittsburgh: https://jccpgh.org/
Contact / addresses: https://jccpgh.org/contact/
Sample South Hills newsletter (September 2026): https://jccpgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AgeWell-at-the-JCC-South-Hills-Newsletter-September-2026.pdf
Sample Squirrel Hill newsletter (August 2026): https://jccpgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AgeWell-at-the-JCC-Monthy-Newsletter-August-2026.pdf
Location
Squirrel Hill: Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, 5738 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 — Mah Jongg in Room 310 (Thursdays 1–3 p.m. on the AgeWell page). AgeWell Squirrel Hill 412-697-3514; campus main 412-521-8010.
South Hills: 345 Kane Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15243 — Mah Jongg Tuesdays 1–3 p.m. on the September 2026 AgeWell South Hills newsletter. AgeWell South Hills 412-697-3552; campus main 412-278-1975.
Notes
- American Mah Jongg. First-party pages and newsletters use the American “Mah Jongg” spelling in a US JCC AgeWell social-games context. They do not print “National Mah Jongg League,” “Riichi,” or Chinese / Hong Kong rules on the check date — do not invent a printed rule-family lock the pages do not show. Not Japanese Riichi as the house game.
- AgeWell / 60+ / Allegheny County registration framing — this is not an unlabeled walk-in board for the general public. Call AgeWell before a first visit.
- Standing weekly tables at two campuses — not a ticketed commercial parlor and not a one-off fundraiser.
- Not affiliated with Mahjong Plaza.
FAQ
Q: Is this Japanese Riichi or Chinese mahjong?
A: No. AgeWell’s first-party pages and 2026 newsletters use American “Mah Jongg” wording for JCC older-adult open play — not a Riichi club listing.
Q: When and where do you play?
A: On 2026-09-09 the Squirrel Hill AgeWell page listed Thursdays 1–3 p.m. in Room 310 at 5738 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. The September 2026 South Hills newsletter listed Tuesdays 1–3 p.m. at the South Hills campus (345 Kane Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15243).
Q: Do I need to be an AgeWell member?
A: AgeWell pages frame participation for adults 60+ who are Allegheny County residents and register with AgeWell (appointments preferred). Call AgeWell Squirrel Hill at 412-697-3514 or AgeWell South Hills at 412-697-3552 before your first visit to confirm eligibility, room, and holiday skips.