Lawrence Bush (born 1951) is the author of several books of Jewish fiction and non-fiction, including Waiting for God: The Spiritual Explorations of a Reluctant Atheist and Bessie: A Novel of Love and Revolution.
[3] He is also the editor of the daily blog JEWDAYO, discussing events from Jewish life and history on the anniversary of their occurrence.
[7] Bush served for more than a decade as speechwriter for Rabbi Alexander Schindler, the late leader of Reform Judaism in America.
Bush has described himself as "an atheist who has nevertheless worked intimately in Jewish religious institutions as a writer and editor for much of my adult life.
"[8] In 2011, together with cartoonist Richard Codor, Bush created the humorous Babushkin's Catalogue of Jewish Inventions[9]