His sister, Dalia Rosenfeld, is a prize-winning fiction writer, editor, and translator based in Tel Aviv.
He has written widely on how the memory of the Third Reich and Second World War has taken shape in Western culture—especially in architecture, monuments, literature, film, television, and historiography.
[12] Rosenfeld has published dozens of essays and opinion pieces in such publications as The Washington Post, The Atlantic,[13] The New Republic,[14] The Forward,[15] The Jewish Review of Books,[16] The San Francisco Chronicle, The Hartford Courant, The History News Network,[17] History Today, and The Conversation.
Rosenfeld has been interviewed by, and had his work cited in, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Yorker, as well as programs on PBS and National Public Radio.
On September 1, 2022, Rosenfeld began his tenure as President of the Center for Jewish History in New York City.
In April 2023, he helped launch the Jewish Public History Forum, which features major symposia on historical topics of contemporary relevance, including Zionism, fascism, antisemitism, and immigration.