Mayer Messing (December 10, 1843 – January 30, 1930) was a German-American rabbi who ministered in Indianapolis, Indiana for forty years.
Anxious to leave his military service, he answered the ad, sent the congregation his picture, and was named rabbi over 93 other applicants.
[4] Messing immigrated to America and began serving as rabbi of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation in 1867.
Active in charity, he served as secretary of the Hebrew Ladies' Relief Society for at least twenty years.
He was also first president of the local Humane Society and a board member of the Industrial Home for the Blind, the Fresh Air Mission, and the Indiana Red Cross.