Mayor Robert F. Wagner was presented with the first “Light of the World” Award last night by the World Academy of Jerusalem. The presentation was made at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel by Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein, chairman of the board of the Academy. More than 1,000 persons attended the award dinner.
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