The history of the Jews in Lesotho is connected to the much larger Jewish community of the surrounding country of South Africa.
The history of the Jewish presence in Lesotho dates back to the Second Boer War of 1864–1865, when a German-Jewish immigrant named Moritz Leviseur fought for the Free State forces that invaded the country.
[1] In 2005 King Letsie III of Lesotho hosted a delegation of the African Jewish Congress (AJC) at his royal palace in Maseru.
The AJC, which operates under the auspices of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, acts as a coordinating representative body for the Jewish communities of Southern Africa.
The delegation comprised Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft, spiritual leader to the AJC, and long-time Maseru resident Yehuda Danziger.