A new pop-up is about to make the Lower East Side feel like a page out of literary history. In honor of Jewish Book Month’s 100th anniversary , the Jewish Book Council is turning 81 Hester Street into a pop-up bookstore on November 16 and 17—complete with 1,000 free books, steaming hot chocolate and a lineup that celebrates a century of Jewish storytelling.

The free event pays tribute to a rich literary legacy that was started nearly a century ago by librarian Fanny Goldstein, who founded Jewish Book Week in the 1920s to bring attention to Jewish authors and literature. By the 1940s, the celebration grew into a full month and, in 1944, the Jewish Book Council was officially born. Today, the organization showcases more than 250 authors in 120 communities across North America and hosts

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