Laurent S. Wiesel was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, and now resides with his wife Naomi and four children in Scarsdale, NY.
He is a partner in an international law firm based in Manhattan. He attended and graduated Solomon Schechter Academy and Herzliah High School in Montreal, Colgate University in Hamilton, NY, and Columbia Law School in the City of New York. He has never been to Gaza, but he hopes to go there soon, after Hamas is exorcised from the area and a peaceful two-state solution becomes possible again.