Make a date with a nice Jewish dog.
The first-ever Pawsitively Jewish Calendar features Instagram-famous pups hailing from as far as Israel and Canada celebrating Jewish pride, and dog lovers can fetch a copy in time for the high holidays.
Picking the pups was a tough task for calendar co-creator Rabbi Robyn Frisch, who runs the social media group Mazel Pups.
“I don’t even know these dogs, but it’s like choosing between my own kids,” she said.
Upper East Side pooch Shayna Maydele, a 5-year-old Coton de Tulear whose name means “beautiful girl” in Yiddish, graces January, posing with challah and wearing a yarmulke while celebrating Shabbat.
The first-ever Pawsitively Jewish Calendar features Instagram-famous pups. Courtesy of Mazel Pups
Shayna, who has more than 21,000 Instagram followers, was named “possibly the most Jewish dog in New York,” and has become somewhat of a celebrity around the Big Apple, with fans asking for selfies with the fur ball.
“Just walking down the street, people will stop me and ask if it’s her,” said Shayna’s owner, Heidi Silverstone. “This one guy we met a few weeks ago, he starts going on and on and said, ‘Oh my God, My family loves her. Can I take a picture with her?’”
Finley, a 2-year-old tri-color Papillon who resides in Turtle Bay, is July’s cover dog, wearing a blue bandana decorated with the Star of David.
“That picture was taken in front of a little brownstone, whose steps Finley loves, on East 51st Street,” said his owner, Elizabeth Weinstein. The fashionable fur baby just walked his first runway in New York Fashion Week.
Upper East Side pooch Shayna Maydele, a 5-year-old Coton de Tulear whose name means “beautiful girl” in Yiddish, graces January. Courtesy of Mazel Pups
Frisch, who lives in Philadelphia, collaborated on the project with Abbe Lunger of the stationary company PrintArtKids, who reached out to her after the Hamas terror attacks, wanting to help the people of Israel.
The calendars — which sell for $26.95 with a portion of the profits donated to Israel Guide Dog Center — highlight Jewish and Israeli holidays and explain what each one celebrates.
Both Shayna and Finley are already prepping for Rosh Hashanah, which begins Oct. 2, by planning content for their Instagram handles.
Nine-year-old Calvin poses with a mini Torah for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. Courtesy of Mazel Pups
“Finley may teach people how to open a pomegranate,” Weinstein said.
“You’re supposed to celebrate by eating new fruits, partly because it’s the new year and also harvest time. And something fun about pomegranates is that mythically they contain 613 seeds, that’s one for every mitzvah in the Torah.”
Shayna will be baking a fresh loaf of challah with her mom.
“I’ll include raisins since they are sweet,” Silverstone said. “And we want a sweet new year.”
