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How bingo has helped one Houston synagogue connect during COVID By Lindsay Peyton, Correspondent
You don’t have to drive to a bingo hall or pay to play. All it takes to join Congregation Shaar Hashalom on family bingo night is opening a computer and joining Zoom.
Friendswood resident Sandy Ostrosky, adult-education trustee, organizes the monthly bingo games for the synagogue in Houston’s Bay Area.
Members interested in playing email her beforehand and she responds with a link and two bingo cards per person.
Players print them up and mark each number called with whatever is handy, usually M&Ms, beans or pennies.