More than 2,000 people have made contributions in memory of the young victims of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut to plant a grove of trees in Israel.

Over $61,000 has been raised to plant over 3,300 trees in honor of the victims of the December 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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The trees will be planted at the Beersheva River Park, a 1,700 acrew water, environmental and commercial area under development near Beersheva.

The project was conducted at the behest of Veronique Pozner, the mother of Jewish Sandy Hook victim, Noah.

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Malkah Fleisher is a graduate of Cardozo Law School in New York City. She is an editor/staff writer at JewishPress.com and co-hosts a weekly Israeli FM radio show. Malkah lives with her husband and two children on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.