Corey Hart
Birth Name: Corey Mitchell Hart
Place of Birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Date of Birth: May 31, 1962
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish (at least three quarters)
Corey Hart is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and producer. His songs include “Sunglasses at Night,” “It Ain’t Enough,” “Never Surrender,” “Boy in the Box,” “Everything in My Heart,” “Eurasian Eyes,” “I Am by Your Side,” “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” “Take My Heart,” “In Your Soul,” “Black Cloud Rain,” and “Third of June.” He has sold over 16 million records worldwide.
Corey is the son of Mina (Weber) and Robert/Bert Hart, who was in the military. He is married to pop singer Julie Masse, with whom he has four children.
In a French-language interview, Corey discussed his ancestry:
On my mother’s side, Weber, my origins are Romanian Jewish, while my paternal grandfather was born in the south of Ukraine, of Jewish heritage. I have no precise information about my paternal grandmother; all I know is that she was born in Hawkesbury, Ontario, and her family was probably Christian. My parents were born in Montréal; my mother, in 1924, and my father in 1920; he died in 2003. I am the youngest of five children… I think the difficult conditions of poverty in which my father grew up motivated him early to try and get out of the Jewish ghetto [in Montréal]…
Corey’s maternal grandfather was Harry Weber (the son of Abraham Weber and Hanna/Hannah Pupovitch/Lupovitch). Harry was born in Romania.
Corey’s maternal grandmother was Rebecca Hoffman (the daughter of Menachem Mendel Hoffman and Dora/Deborah Getzler). Rebecca was born in Iași, Romania. Deborah was the daughter of Ari Getzler and Rachel.
Sources: Genealogy of Corey Hart (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca
Obituary of Corey’s maternal aunt – http://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Corey’s mother – https://www.geni.com
He’s an Ashkenazi but he looks very Germanic but he isn’t European at all.
I did not know that
No, no, ethnic, the picture you added is Carey Hart, Pink’s husband. I moved that to his page.
This is Corey Hart:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Hart_(singer)
ops, well it was better to replace that unlicensed pic or Carey Hart.
Jewish? Good find!
The obituary of Corey’s aunt includes some Jewish details (the names of her siblings, a Jewish funeral home), so I knew before finding the French-language interview.
If I had read the text more carefully, “Beth Shalom” should have given me a hint that he was Jewish.
A page for Theresa May seems increasingly relevant. I’d make one myself, but you seem to have a knack for British P.M.s.