• Slate’s Explainer asks what happens to Jews who don’t keep kosher.
• Joan Rivers says she’s done with Botox; plastic surgeons gather to mourn the end of an era.
• Josh Nathan-Kazis thinks he’s figured out what makes Hasidic pop star Lipa Schmeltzer so bizarrely fascinating.
• Barbra Streisand is directing her first film in 16 Years. Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett will star.
• Lena Dunham loves Schmidt almost as much as we do. In other Girls news, The Huffington Post put together a video of the best lines from Shoshanna.