Male kindergarten teacher? Jewish biker?

Ken Shapiro of Parkville, a Y-chromosomed early-childhood educator and founder of Semites on Bikes, has met with his share of raised eyebrows.

Maybe it”’’s my old Free to Be You and Me album talking, but it takes more than that to shock me. It takes seeing Shapiro straddle his Harley in the nude, with nothing but a strategically placed cat to protect his modesty.

Shapiro appears in “Kitty Porn,” a calendar that, according to the promotional materials, features “12 nude, middle aged, mostly out of shape, jewish men, discreetly covered by cats!”

Yes, that”’’s the promotional material.

The calendar – available for $20 plus shipping at sobikes@verizon.net – is a fundraiser for the Humane Society of Baltimore County”’’s new cat shelter, or “cat house,” as Semites on Bikes delight in calling it.

Looking for a charity project, the group settled on that because one of its members, Tom Dudley, is president of the Humane Society board. Dudley didn””t pose. (“Too mature,” Shapiro said.)

Shapiro retired from Owings Mills”” Deer Park Elementary School in February, but said teaching wouldn””t have kept him from posing, even though the cat didn””t quite cover his keister. Despite the “out of shape” disclaimer, Shapiro, 55, looks pretty fit.

“One of the guys actually spent six months working out, tanning,” Shapiro said. “When he took his shot, he went out in the woods or something. He had his girlfriend him spray him with PAM. It”’’s the only shot that looks like it doesn””t belong there. It looks like the cover of Blueboy magazine or Playgirl.”

But that guy, Mr. July, and Shapiro, Mr. January, seem to be exceptions.

“Wait till you see August,” Shapiro said. “We have one guy who”’’s 389 pounds.”

Here”’’s some more shocking “Kitty Porn” for you