30 YEARS OF AJC HISTORY
30 YEARS OF WORLD HISTORY
May 5 , 2006 AJC establishes the Africa Institute to build ties with religious leaders and governments across Africa as well as African diasporas in the United States , on the basis of shared values and mutual understanding .
May 2006 AJC celebrates its centennial anniversary in Washington , D . C ., at a gala dinner attended by nearly 3,000 people . Guests are addressed in person by President George W . Bush , German Chancellor Angela Merkel , and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan .
2006 In honor of AJC ’ s centennial celebration , Dr . Marianne Sanua writes Let Us Prove Strong : The American Jewish Committee , 1945- 2006 . This impressive testament to the history of AJC is released by Brandeis University Press in 2007 .
2006 2007
September 2007 The Israel Defense Forces destroy a Syrian nuclear reactor , preventing a highly dangerous and belligerent regime from acquiring nuclear capability .
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