The Kinkeldey Award for the most distinguished book in musicology published during the previous year was granted to Ruth HaCohen on November 3rd 2012, in New Orleans https://www.dropbox.com/s/35gc3l2zwnqmzox/Kinkeldey%20Award%2C%20AMS%20New%20Orleans%203%20Nov%202012.MP4 Continue reading

Adapted by the author from http://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/1.1594846 published Dec. 19, 2011, as a reaction to KM Anastassia Michaeli (Yisrael Beiteinu) who has presented a bill to silence the muezzins. http://critinq.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/the-sounds-of-a-familiar-plot-ruth-hacohen-pinczower-2/ Continue reading

Ruth HaCohen received the Polonsky Prizes for Creativity and Originality in the Humanistic Disciplines (first prize) for the Music Libel Against the Jews on 13 June 2012 at the Hebrew University in the presence of the President, Rector and Board of Governers. The Polonsky Prizes were initiated in 2005 by... Continue reading

A two-session symposium launched the book in Jerusalem, June 12th 2012, in the Van Leer Jerusalem Insititute. Speakers included Prof. David Nirenberg (Chicago U), Prof. Galit Hasan-Rokem (Hebrew U), Prof. Edwin Seroussi (Hebrew U), Prof. Galili Shahar (Tel-Aviv U) and Mr. Nimrod Reitman (NYU). Prof. Gabriel Motzkin (Head of the... Continue reading