Jewish and Muslim experience

Here are a couple of articles about religious life in Israel and America. The first is about a growing controversy over payments for lifetime study for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and the next two look at the Muslim experience in America.
Even an ultra-Orthodox rabbi is now saying some of these men should be working for a living rather than being full-time Torah students for their entire adult lives. article

This article talks about Muslim women in America and their growing influence.

A Muslim journalist and a Muslim professor discuss what their fellow American Muslims can learn from the American Jewish experience. video link