Rabbi Cheryl Rosenstein has been the spiritual leader of Temple Beth El in Bakersfield since 1993.A product of Long Beach, California, she earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and received her ordination at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1990.Rabbi Rosenstein is a lifelong Reform Jew, a past president of the former Bakersfield Interfaith Ministerial Association, and convener of our local monthly Clergywomen’s luncheon.She has served on the boards of the Pacific Association of Reform Rabbis and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and on the regional board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
