such religious thinkers and scholars as Otto A. Piper, Martin Buber, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Zalman Shazar, Hugo Bergmann, Zvi Yehuda Kook, André Chouraqui, and Yisrael Meir Lau. See also Christianity and Judaism Christian Zionism Groups claiming affiliation with Israelites Hebrew Roots Israel–Japan relations Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theory Jewish views on religious pluralism Judaizers Messianic Judaism Nazarene (sect) References Official site of the Makuya sect: In English, In Japanese Ikurō Teshima (1970). Introduction to the Original Gospel Faith. Tokyo: Light of Life Press. Ikurō Teshima (1991). The Love of the Holy Spirit. Tokyo: Makuya Bible Seminary. Shillony, Ben-Ami (1991). The Jews and the Japanese: the Successful Outsiders. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company. Photos of Makuya signs at Israeli kibbutz Mohri Tsuneyuki (2008). Die for Ardent Love (Kohi Shinamu) (Teshima's biography in Japanese). Tokyo: Myrtos. Films Jewish Soul Music: The Art of Giora Feidman (1980). Directed by Uri Barbash. A documentary movie of Teshima's Life in Japanese, Dawn of Makuya (Makuya-no Yoake) (2006). Directed by Mohri Tsuneyuki. The Makuya TV Program is currently broadcast in the west coast of the United States. In the 2009 Israeli comedy film A Matter of Size, a major character claims to be a Makuya in explaining why he immigrated to Israel from Japan. (He had previously told others that he came to Israel to escape Yakuza gangsters, casting some doubt on this claim. The truth is never established and is not essential to the film.) 1948 establishments in Japan Christian new religious movements Christian organizations established in 1948 Christian Zionism Christianity in Japan Indigenous Christianity Religious organizations based in Japan Restorationism (Christianity) Zionism in Asia