A NYC Department of Education social worker who’s the ambassador of her high school’s anti-religious bullying program allegedly posted demeaning pictures beneath a video of Orthodox Jews, images critics said echoed “Nazi propaganda,” The Post has learned.
Lauren Camiolo, a social worker at Chelsea’s Landmark High School, uploaded images of beetles four different times in response to a Facebook video of the men celebrating Lag B’Omer, which commemorates the death of one of the founders of Jewish mysticism, or Kabbalah.
Critics slammed the social worker’s post comparing Jews to insects, and said that imagery came straight out of Nazi Germany.
“That’s a very dangerous and antisemitic trope coming from Nazi Germany, where Hitler would categorize Jews as subhuman and insects. He said to restore Germany’s greatness, they had to exterminate the insects,” New York City Public Schools Alliance President Karen Feldman said.
Camiolo, 40, who records show has worked at the DOE since at least 2020, ironically serves as the Respect for All liaison at the school, a DOE website says. She earned $115,665 in 2025, public records show.
The Respect for All program is designed to fight bullying and help schools “foster and maintain safe learning environments that are supportive, inclusive, and free from discrimination, harassment, and intimidation of any kind,” a DOE website says.
“When a Jewish student faces discrimination or bias, they have no one to go to if their Respect for All liaison traffics in antisemitism… a lot of kids are hurting,” she added.
“Hitler often called Jewish people insects and pests… This is a direct act of antisemitism. Too many educators use their political beliefs to hurt Jewish students and fellow educators,” United Jewish Teachers President Moshe Spern said.
“When the person responsible for ‘Respect for All’ expresses hostility toward Jews or white students, it raises serious concerns about both the educator and the school system in which she works,” David Bernstein, founder of the education watchdog North American Values Institute, said.
“Bullying and harassment have no place in any of NYC’s 1,800+ schools, regardless of anyone’s perceived race, color, age, creed, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, or weight,” the website states.
The DOE employee’s social media is rife with anti-Israel comments and anti-white racism.
“Genocide bloodshed of women & children on holy land by colonizers in the name of God that they will never know,” she posted on Facebook March 18, 2025, over an image of what appears to be the Ten Commandments.
“Chosen people do not steal & harvest they create,” she posted on Facebook July 30, 2025.
“Zionism is cult a group of people incapable of thinking for themselves,” she wrote on Facebook on Oct. 20, 2025.
“Victim syndrome of white colonizers is an art how do you rationalize the blood of children,” she posted two days later.
“Three key success of #whitemediocracy colonization, genocide, & culture appropriation #Blackwomeninwhitefields,” she posted on Facebook in November 2024.
“Never trust a white woman,” she captioned a photo of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Never forget white women owned slaves & had them raise their children.. don’t be fooled by white women fragility,” she posted on Facebook June 10, 2025.
Camiolo threatened to call the police when reached for comment by The Post and accused the newspaper of harassment.
“I’m Jewish… I’m also biracial I’m going to the police now and showing them these messages for stalking and harassment… I fear for me and my sons [sic] safety,” she wrote.
Only 294 students attend Landmark High School, which was founded in 1994, and its students do not take the Regents in order to graduate, but instead has students complete written or oral projects.
A source at the high school called Camiolo “unhinged.”
“Kids don’t want to talk to her, they say ‘she’s crazy,’ she’s very strident and self righteous and tells teachers they’re doing things wrong… a lot of people have issues with her conduct as a social worker,” the source said.
A Department of Education spokesperson condemned the comments and vowed to take action.
“Hate has absolutely no place in our schools or our city, and we unequivocally condemn any behaviors that represent antisemitism, and any forms of intolerance and prejudice. Any staff members who exhibit these behaviors will be investigated and will be subject to discipline as appropriate,” the spokesperson said.
