Rabbi Alvin Kass — known for bravely rushing to ground zero on  9/11 and famously disarming  a hostage-taker with two ...

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

Barry Black first addressed the shutdown in his prayers earlier this month, but came across more urgently in his words Monday ...

Rabbi Kass joined the NYPD in 1966 at the age of 30, becoming the youngest chaplain in the department's history.

Rabbi Alvin Kass joined the NYPD in 1966 at age 30, becoming the youngest chaplain in the department’s history.

Alvin Kass's long career saw him take on global terror and local violence, including defusing a hostage crisis with a ...

GOP representatives say chaplains would help with mental health challenges, while some Democrats question mandatory decision ...

The state’s first public school chaplain twice ran for Congress, wrote an ode to Charlie Kirk, and preached the need to “battle alongside Trump.” He identifies with the Black Robe Regiment, a ...

Senate Chaplain Barry Black used his opening prayer to draw lawmakers' attention to the ongoing government shutdown and call ...

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