A congressman urged Vladimir Putin to return precious holy works to the Chabad movement. In a letter Thursday, Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) urged the Russian president to meet commitments to return about 12,000 books seized by Russian troops in Warsaw in 1945.
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