[2][3] Lobel was raised in the insular Yiddish-speaking Hasidic community in Borough Park, Brooklyn.

[5] He studied psychology at Yeshiva University, but switched his focus to theater,[6] before leaving the school in his second year.

[4] In 2017, Lobel made his Off-Broadway debut as Ralph in New Yiddish Rep's production of Awake and Sing!

[9] Later that year, he joined the cast of Fiddler on the Roof In Yiddish directed by Joel Grey,[10] and appeared in The Vigil from Blumhouse.

[11] With writer Etai Shuchatowitz, Lobel co-created, directed and starred in Untold Genius, a mockumentary series featuring Jackie Hoffman and Stephen Tobolowsky.