Serving under eight mayors, he was the first three-star chaplain. He also became the first Jewish chaplain of the then-Bureau ...
Rabbi Alvin Kass joined the NYPD in 1966 at age 30, becoming the youngest chaplain in the department’s history.
He was the longest-serving chaplain in the New York Police Department, with a career that included responses to global terrorism, local violence and the intimate needs of police officers — as well ...
Rabbi Kass devoted his life to service, to this city, and to the women and men of the NYPD. He comforted the grieving, ...
Rabbi Alvin Kass — known for bravely rushing to ground zero on  9/11 and famously disarming  a hostage-taker with two pastrami sandwiches — was honored by a sea of police officers and city ...
The New York Police Department is mourning the loss of its longtime chief chaplain, Rabbi Alvin Kass, who passed away at the ...
Rabbi Alvin Kass, NYPD Chief Chaplain, died at 89 after nearly 60 years of service; remembered for his dedication and ...
New York leaders mourn the death of the NYPD’s chief Jewish chaplain, Rabbi Alvin Kass, at the age of 89. Kass joined the ...
Members of the New York Police Department mourned one of their longest-serving members on Wednesday morning. The NYPD’s Chief ...
Rabbi Kass joined the NYPD in 1966 at the age of 30, becoming the youngest chaplain in the department's history.
Rabbi Alvin Kass, the NYPD's chief chaplain and a bedrock of the department's faith for nearly six decades, died overnight.
Beloved chaplain served nearly six decades, offering spiritual guidance and comfort to generations of NYPD officers through triumph and tragedy.