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Rabbi Alvin Kass, in memoriam.
On Wednesday, Rabbi Alvin Kass, the longest-serving chaplain in the New York Police Department, died at the age of eighty-nine. A graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Kass served as a chaplain in the Air Force and as a congregational rabbi before joining the NYPD. He was known among his colleagues for an incident where he diffused a hostage crisis with two pastrami sandwiches. Philissa Cramer writes:
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Rabbi Alvin Kass, in memoriam.
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On Wednesday, Rabbi Alvin Kass, the longest-serving chaplain in the New York Police Department, died at the age of eighty-nine. A graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Kass served as a chaplain in the Air Force and as a congregational rabbi before joining the NYPD. He was known among his colleagues for an incident where he diffused a hostage crisis with two pastrami sandwiches. Philissa Cramer writes:
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