NYPD chaplain Rabbi Alvin Kass— department's longest serving member— honored as 'moral heart' of the force at funeral

Rabbi Alvin Kass, the NYPD’s beloved chaplain and longest serving member of the department ever, was remembered as the “moral heart” of New York’s Finest at a tear-filled funeral Friday.

The Jewish leader — known for bravely rushing to ground zero on 9/11 — was honored by a sea of police officers and city officials at the service.

“Few people have lived a life more fully in service of others,” Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a heartfelt speech.

“Rabbi Kass devoted nearly 60 years to its people — long enough to see generations of officers come and go and yet he never seemed to age in spirit,” she said at the service, held at East Midwood Jewish Center in Brooklyn.

“His faith stayed young, his compassion stayed sharp and his devotion to the people of this city never once dimmed.”