Most Jews in Romania today are over the age of 70. Fewer than 1,000 are under the age of 25. Five thousand Jews live in Bucharest, and small Jewish communities exist in the principal towns of Moldavia-Iasi (Jassy), Dorahoi, Succeava, Radauti, and in Transylvania (Cluj, Arad, Timisoara, Satu Mare, TârguMures, Oradea, Baia Mare), as well as in Brasov, and also Constanta on the Black Sea coast. Almost none of these communities number more than a few hundred people and that number is dwindling fast. Nearly all the Jews are Ashkenazi and the small Sephardic community that once existed has lost its distinct identity. Yiddish is only spoken by the elderly. Many of the Jews in Transylvania, which was a part of Hungary until the end of World War I, speak Hungarian as well as Romanian. Jews have lived in Romania since Roman times, when the country was a province called Dacia. Organized communal life, however, dates back to the fifteenth century, by which time there were communities in Iasi and several other towns in Moldavia. Although the Orthodox Church bitterly opposed contacts with Jews, various local rulers encouraged Jews from Poland and elsewhere to settle in the country. Between 1898 and 1904 some 70,000 Jews left Romania for the United States, others settled in Palestine. Only after World War I was legislation enacted to emancipate Romanian Jewry. Jews served as traditional scapegoats in the struggle between the ruling classes and the peasantry. Despite their unfavourable situation, Jews played an important role in the transformation of Romania from a feudal system into a modern economy and were also active in the country's cultural life. Romania was the birthplace of the Yiddish theatre. It also produced many of the first chalutzim (pioneers) who settled in the Land of Israel. Rosh Pina and Zikhron Ya'akov, two of the oldest villages, were established by Romanian Jews. Bucharest and Oradea both maintain choirs. There is also a small Yiddish Theater that receives funding from the Bucharest municipality, and a monthly newspaper, Revista culturlui mozaic (published in Romanian, Hebrew and English). There is only one kosher restaurant in Bucharest.