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 I traveled the country. I never really experienced antisemitism anywhere in America on a personal level,  he told The Post.

Despite feeling  shaken,  Yosef said he made up his mind as he left the hospital:  I'm going back tomorrow. 

His return stunned members of the community.

 They were in shock when I came back,  he said of visiting friends on 47th Street just hours after his harrowing ordeal.

Yosef said he draws strength from his grandparents, who survived the Holocaust.

 They went on to build a Jewish home after the Holocaust,  he said.  If they could survive, I thought I must go back to spread the light.

 We can't be intimidated. We have to be strong.