Makuya
Makuya is a religious movement from Japan , which was founded in 1948 by Ikurō Teshima (1910–1973). The term is a Japanese translation of the Hebrew word Mishkan or tented tent. The basic principles of the movement include support for Judaism and the State of Israel .
description
The headquarters of the Makuya movement is in Tokyo . The movement encompasses around 200 congregations, most of them in Japan. Some are also located in the United States, Canada , South Korea, and Taiwan . The number of members is estimated at tens of thousands, although no precise sources are available. In addition to Christian festivals such as Christmas , Easter and Pentecost , the Jewish Seder Eve and the Feast of Tabernacles are also celebrated, on which a pilgrimage to Jerusalem is made. Makuya knows neither religious authorities with decision-making powers nor fixed commandments .
The preachers usually do their job on the side and are called teachers . The prayers are partly taken from the Psalms and contain numerous songs, including Yerushalayim schel sahav . There is a Makuya theater that performs Anatevka , for example , and choirs and orchestras that perform both religious Jewish music ( Chasanut ) and klezmer music , sometimes with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra .
history
The Makuya movement was founded by the businessman Abraham Ikurō Teshima from Kumamoto in southern Japan. Teshima received the impetus to build up the religious movement through a revelation . After Japan surrendered at the end of World War II , he fled to the Aso volcano from advancing US soldiers and heard a verse from the Book of Amos there . During visits to Israel, Teshima met with Martin Buber and Hugo Bergmann , among others . Members of the group also maintained contact with rabbis and Jewish scholars such as Raw Kook and Abraham Joshua Heschel . Makuya was founded in May 1948, at the same time as the Israeli declaration of independence .
Relations with Israel
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The most important pilgrimage of the Makuya takes place on the Feast of Tabernacles, to which representatives of the Makuya are sent to Jerusalem. The highlight of the event is a ceremony at the Western Wall .
Young Makuya members are coming to Israel for a limited time. They take a Hebrew name there and visit the Christian and Jewish holy places . They learn Ivrit in an ulpan so that they can read the original Bible . A Japanese garden was opened there in 1972 for the 50th anniversary of Kibbutz Chefziba , which has had relations with the Makuya since 1962 . There is also a Makuya center in Jerusalem.
The “Makuya Forest”, created by the Jewish National Fund in the 1970s , is located near Mitzpe Netofa, a religious community settlement in northern Israel. In memory of the founder Ikurō Teshima, another forest was created in Ramot, a suburb of Jerusalem. During the establishment of the nearby Israeli settlement of Ramat Shlomo in the West Bank , this forest was moved to Sha'ar HaGai .
In 2011, a Makuya delegation visited the Knesset and was welcomed by future President Reuven Rivlin .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Visiting the Makuya in the Knesset (Youtube)
Web links
- Organization website
- Meet the Makuya The Times of Israel , May 30, 2015