Chess Jakobs (@chessjakobs) is a writer, environmental sociologist, and creative producer based in Washington, DC. Chess is the Founder of Wild Citizen Labs, an social and environmental research, strategy, and storytelling laboratory. Chess is a Ford’s Theatre Legacy Commission Playwright and their debut play, The American Five, received 9 Helen Hayes Award Nominations including Best New Play and Best Production. Chess is also a playwright in Theatre J’s Expanding The Canon program and a poet for Peace and Riot Magazine. They are an alum of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
A poetic invitation to reimagine our Jewish traditions with openness, joy, and love. "Prioritize the justice.
Season ourselves in the rituals.
And God should stay if he wants."