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 source of “strength, guidance, and faith for generations of police officers and their families” and shepherded the force through numerous tragedies, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a glowing remembrance.

Rabbi Alvin Kass, who served as a respected chaplain in the NYPD for nearly 60 years, has died at the age of 89. NYPD

The US Air Force veteran started with the Finest in 1966, when he became the youngest chaplain in department history at the age of 30, the top cop said.

“Rabbi Kass devoted his life to service, to this city, and to the women and men of the NYPD. He comforted the griev

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