Moshe Lobel

Last updated
Moshe Lobel
Moshe Lobel, Kyiv, 2023.jpg
Moshe Lobel at the theatrical premiere of Shttl in Kyiv, Ukraine.
OccupationActor • director • producer • musician

Moshe Lobel is an American actor, filmmaker and musician. He is best known for starring in the Yiddish-Ukrainian drama Shttl , which premiered at the London Film Festival [1] and in competition at the Rome Film Festival. [2] [3]

Contents

Lobel received praise from critics for his breakout performance in Shttl, who called it "masterful" [4] and "captivating." [5] French newspaper Le Figaro writes, "In the role of Mendele, American actor Moshe Lobel is mesmerizing. With remarkable sensitivity, he embodies a man caught between two violently opposing worlds.” [6]

Early life

Lobel was raised in the insular Yiddish-speaking Hasidic community in Borough Park, Brooklyn. [7] At age 12, he began to break away from his Hasidic roots, ultimately leaving the community entirely. [8] He studied psychology at Yeshiva University, but switched his focus to theater, [9] before leaving the school in his second year. [7]

Career

In 2017, Lobel made his Off-Broadway debut as Ralph in New Yiddish Rep's production of Awake and Sing! by Clifford Odets. [8] [10] [11] In 2018, he made his television debut on HBO's High Maintenance . [12] Later that year, he joined the cast of Fiddler on the Roof In Yiddish directed by Joel Grey, [13] and appeared in The Vigil from Blumhouse. [14]

With writer Etai Shuchatowitz, Lobel co-created, directed and starred in Untold Genius , a mockumentary series featuring Jackie Hoffman and Stephen Tobolowsky. [12]

In 2021, he was cast as the lead in Shttl, a Yiddish drama featuring Saul Rubinek. The film depicts the lives of a Jewish shtetl on the eve of Operation Barbarossa. It was filmed in Ukraine six months before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [15] The film premiered at the 2022 London Film Festival, [1] [16] and won the Audience Award one week later at the Rome Film Festival. [17]

Filmography

TitleRoleNotes
High Maintenance Cholent Guest
The Vigil Lazer
Untold GeniusAdam GoldbergAlso director and producer
Leibniz's LawCo-director, producerPost-production
Shttl MendeleWinner: Audience Award at the 2022 Rome Film Festival

References

  1. 1 2 Levitt, Barry (2022-10-18). "SHTTL Review: A Towering, Single-Take Masterpiece Of The Lives We've Lost [London Film Festival]". /Film. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. ↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (2022-09-22). "Rome Film Festival Unveils First Edition Under New Management; Fetes James Ivory, Launches International Competition". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  3. ↑ Di Francesco, Davide (October 20, 2022). "SHTTL, il regista: "La pellicola si basa su fatti storici, ma funziona come un simbolo (in movimento) della Shoah"". Ciak. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  4. ↑ Zeitlin, Alan (2025-10-31). "New Yiddish movie 'Shttl' is a cinematic triumph that rebuilds a lost Jewish world: review". Unpacked. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  5. ↑ "NYJFF 2023 capsule review: 'SHTTL' is already one of the year's best films. - Reel News Daily". 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  6. ↑ Beck, Valérie (2023-12-12). "Notre critique du film Shttl: l'horreur d'hier ravivée". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  7. 1 2 Lobel, Moshe. "We must end educational neglect in ultra-Orthodox schools. Here's why | Opinion". The Journal News. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  8. 1 2 "TDF Stages: Returning 'Awake and Sing!' to Its Yiddish Roots". www.tdf.org. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  9. ↑ "How a YCDS Alumnus Evokes 'Tradition' in Yiddish 'Fiddler' Off-Broadway". The Commentator. 2018-09-17. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  10. ↑ "Theatre Is Easy | Reviews | Awake and Sing". www.theasy.com. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  11. ↑ Andrew Silow-Carroll. "Go figure: A classic play sounds more American when it is performed in Yiddish". The Times of Israel . ISSN   0040-7909 . Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  12. 1 2 "Moshe Lobel". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  13. ↑ "Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof Extends Again | TheaterMania". www.theatermania.com. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  14. ↑ Abrams, Simon. "The Vigil movie review & film summary (2021) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com/. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  15. ↑ "'SHTTL': Single-Shot Shoah Feature With Saul Rubinek Wraps In Ukraine; Sets To Be Maintained As Open-Air Museum". www.yahoo.com. September 2021. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  16. ↑ "SHTTL". BFI London Film Festival 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-02.[ dead link ]
  17. ↑ "Winners of the Rome Film Fest 2022 – Fondazione Cinema per Roma". 22 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.