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Jacob Kessner is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's Fear The Walking Dead.
Pre-Apocalypse
Location Unknown
Nothing is known about Jacob's life prior to or as the outbreak began except that he was a rabbi.
Post-Apocalypse
Season 5
"Ner Tamid"
Jacob prepares for a solo service in his synagogue when a walker starts banging on the door outside. He talks to it sarcastically and uses the knife on his rifle to kill it. He then closes a fence with a chain and kills more walkers before one gets on top of him. Suddenly, Charlie opens the car door and knocks it to the ground, allowing him to kill it. He introduces himself and welcomes her to his temple, saying God must have led her here.
The next day, Charlie reveals to Jacob she got separated from her group and he vows to help her reunite with them. Jacob then notices the bulb in his chandelier dimming and begins to panic, telling Charlie he has to leave to find batteries. Charlie says she knows where he can find some and radios her group. While they wait, Jacob attends to the building full of his reanimated congregants and says a prayer.
A while later, John and June arrive with the battery and Jacob thanks them for keeping the eternal flame lit. Charlie asks them to help Jacob repair his fence and they agree. John offers Jacob a caramel candy and Jacob gifts him a yarmulke.
Charlie then suggests to Jacob her group could live there with him, but he politely turns her down as June and John tell her it's time to go. Suddenly, Sarah radios them about Logan's crew and June says they're on their way. They head outside to find all the walkers from the locked-up building surrounding them. Jacob takes them to the roof and explains he and his congregants were holed up in the temple at the onset of the apocalypse. He explains that he left to gather supplies and when he came back, everyone was dead.
John and June climb down and use a ladder to create a bridge in between cars to avoid the walkers. As they make their final ladder bridge the gate gives way and they get trapped on top of a car. June tells Charlie there's only one way out of this but Charlie refuses to give the place up. She reminds Jacob that he told her God led her there but he reveals he doesn't believe in God anymore and he began losing faith when the world turned, but had to pretend to keep his people alive. "I'm alive because I didn't believe in God," Jacob says, claiming he kept tradition because it's all he had left. Charlie finally relents and Jacob uses a horn to lure the walkers into the temple, where they extinguish the light, as they escape out the back.
Jacob then accompanies the group reunite with Dwight and Sarah. Later, Charlie apologizes for running away but June says the perfect place is still out there. Jacob says that's called faith and that he'll start looking around for what he wants. He then introduces himself to Dwight and Sarah, who reveals she's also Jewish and is excited to hear he makes wine.
"Leave What You Don't"
Jacob will appear in this episode.
Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Jacob has killed:
- Numerous counts of zombies
Appearances
Fear The Walking Dead
Season 5
Trivia
- Jacob is one of four known Jewish characters in The Walking Dead universe.
- The other three are Sarah Rabinowitz, Saul, and David Stern.
- Despite being faithful to Judaism, Jacob turned to atheism after seeing the horrors of the outbreak.