Education and Early Career
- 1961–62 Oranim Academic College, Israel, Literature and History
- 1965–69 The Sorbonne, Paris, A degree in Philosophy
- 1969–70 Ecole Nationale d’Informatique, Paris, Analyse de Conception
Sobol studied at the Sorbonne, Paris, and graduated with a diploma in philosophy. His first play was performed in 1971 by the Municipal Theatre in Haifa, where Sobol worked from 1984 to 1988 as a playwright and later as assistant artistic director. The performance of his play The Jerusalem Syndrome, in January 1988, led to widespread protests across the whole country, whereupon Sobol resigned from his post as artistic director and turned to devoting himself exclusively to writing.
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