The NYPD is mourning the loss of Rabbi Alvin Kass, its chief chaplain. Commissioner Jessica Tisch said he died Wednesday at the age of 89, and was one of the department's longest-serving members.

Less than a week after rushing to Ground Zero as a police chaplain on 9/11, Rabbi Alvin Kass led Rosh Hashanah services — not only for his Brooklyn congregation but at a makeshift synagogue at ...

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, ...