Ruth HaCohen

Ruth HaCohen (Pinczower)
רות הכהן (פינצ'ובר)
Born (1956-12-07) December 7, 1956
OccupationMusicologist
TitleProfessor
AwardsThe Otto Kinkeldey Award (2012), Rothschild Award (2022)
Academic background
Alma materThe Hebrew University
Doctoral advisorRuth Katz
Academic work
InstitutionsThe Hebrew University
Notable worksThe Music Libel Against the Jews

Professor Ruth HaCohen (Pinczower; Hebrew: רות הכהן פינצ'ובר; born 1956) is an Israeli musicologist and a cultural historian. She holds the Artur Rubinstein Chair of Musicology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ruth HaCohen is the recipient of the 2022 Rothschild Prize in the Humanities. In 2017, she was elected as Corresponding member by the American Musicological Society (AMS) "for outstanding contributions to the advancement of scholarship in music."