Rabbi Alvin Kass, who served as a respected chaplain in the NYPD for nearly 60 years, has died, department leaders announced Wednesday. He was 89. The dedicated Jewish leader was remembered as a ...

Funeral service of Chief Chaplain Rabbi Dr. Alvin Kass (Source: NYPD) With profound sadness, the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Jewish Theological Seminary mourned the October 29, 2025, ...

Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Kass joined the NYPD in 1966 at the age of 30, becoming the youngest chaplain in the department's history,. He was also a U.S. Air Force veteran and Columbia University ...

Funeral held for NYPD Chief Chaplain Rabbi Kass Rabbi Kass became the department's youngest chaplain ever when he joined in 1966 at 30 years old and stayed on for six decades, becoming the longest ...

Sandwich police are now partnering with the Kendall County Chaplain Program. Police Chief Kevin Senne says chaplains can help ...

Rabbi Alvin Kass, the NYPD's chief chaplain and a bedrock of the department's faith for nearly six decades, died overnight. He was 89 years old.