Marvin Tokayer (born 1936) is an American rabbi and author who served as a United States Air Force chaplain in Japan.
In 1971, Tokayer published a book in Japanese entitled 5,000 Years of Jewish Wisdom: Secrets of The Talmud.
[1] South Korean designer Rejina Pyo recalls reading Tokayer's Talmudic tales as a child, saying the stories about kindness, truth, and determination have always stayed with her.
He has researched the history of the Jews in China and Japan, including the role that the Japanese played in helping victims of the Holocaust.
[3] In the book The Fugu Plan published in 1979, Tokayer with co-writer Mary Swartz, wrote the story that how two Japanese officials helped the Jews in Lithuania escape to Japan before World War II.