These people were relocated throughout the Ottoman empire by the surgun system. Groups of these people across Eurasia were visited in the 12th century by Benjamin of Tudela. The nobility of the early medieval Khazar khaganate chose to become members of this group. The Vilna 
These people were relocated throughout the Ottoman empire by the surgun system. Groups of these people across Eurasia were visited in the 12th century by Benjamin of Tudela. The nobility of the early medieval Khazar khaganate chose to become members of this group. The Vilna Gaon dominated among these people in early modern Lithuania. In the 17th century, many of these people in and around Constantinople became Sabbateans. Catherine the Great established the Pale of Settlement to include these people, who were targeted in Strasbourg and Mainz after allegations of well-poisoning during the Black Death. For 10 points, name this religious group which lived in shtetls and was often targeted by pogroms.
These people were relocated throughout the Ottoman empire by the surgun system.