Love, Sex, and Jews: Writ­ing Jew­ish Romance with Dahlia Adler and Lily Meyer

Wednesday, May 13, 2026
7–8pm

The Jew­ish Museum

Pho­to Cred­its (L‑R): Pete Kiehart and Mag­gie Hall

Join Dahlia Adler (Soon By You) and Lily Mey­er (The End of Romance) for a con­ver­sa­tion about nav­i­gat­ing the com­pli­cat­ed world of Jew­ish sex, romance, and iden­ti­ty in con­tem­po­rary life. This event is mod­er­at­ed by Stephanie But­nick and co-spon­sored by The Jew­ish Muse­um, Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, and The Ripped Bodice bookstore. 

Dahlia Adler is an award-win­ning author of romance nov­els for both teens and adults, a pro­lif­ic YA anthol­o­gist, and the founder of the web­site LGBTQReads. Her book­ish byline has appeared on Buz­zfeed, B&N Reads, Reac­tor, and more. She enjoys 90s rock, rewatch­ing Grey’s Anato­my, find­ing great cov­er songs, cry­ing at com­mer­cials, and extreme­ly short walks on the beach. She lives in the New York City sub­urbs with her family. 

Lily Mey­er is a trans­la­tor, a crit­ic, and the author of the nov­els The End of Romance and Short War. She is a staff writer at The Atlantic. 

This event will include a wine and cheese recep­tion after the event. A tick­et to this event comes along with free admis­sion to the Jew­ish Muse­um, where you can view the cur­rent exhib­it, Joan Sem­mel: In the Flesh. Come ear­ly to see it before the exhib­it clos­es on May 31st!

Stephanie But­nick is the founder of GOL­DA, a Jew­ish lifestyle newslet­ter built around one idea: mak­ing Jew­ish life bright, beau­ti­ful, and full of mean­ing. She’s a trust­ed voice on Jew­ish cul­ture and iden­ti­ty, and also a rec­og­niz­able one: she host­ed the hit Tablet pod­cast Unortho­dox” for near­ly a decade, and, along with her co-hosts, and edit­ed The Newish Jew­ish Ency­clo­pe­dia: From Abra­ham to Zabar’s and Every­thing in Between