April 7,2009

His Excellency Gabriele Sardo

Embassy of Italy

275 Slater Street, 2 1 st Floor Ottawa. Ontario KIP 5H9

On behalf of the Jewish community of Canada, we express our deep sorrow on the tremendous loss of life from the earthquake that struck L'Aquila. We are with you in your time of grief and we extend our condolences to the families of the victims. We pray for a complete recovery of those hurt or ill as a result of this terrible natural disaster and for the expeditious rebuilding of the devastated lands. At this dark hour, our thoughts also turn to our fellow Canadians of Italian heritage. We will be contacting the Italian-Canadian community and expressing our deepest sympathies to them as well. Once again, we extend our sincerest condolences to you on this terrible tragedy. We look forward to communicating with you on happier occasions.

With warm regards, Rabbi Reuven P.Bulka

CO-president