Hundreds Come Together at Annual Thanksgiving Banquet for Seniors

For 90-year-old Erika Ben-David, Thanksgiving had not been worth celebrating just a few years ago. Since her son moved out of state, Ben-David, like so many other seniors, lives alone with no immediate family in the city.

People dance at DOROT's annual Thanksgiving banquet for seniors at the Congregation Rodeph Shalom on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, N.Y., on Nov. 23, 2014. Catherine Yang/Epoch Times