Year The Shofar Sounds Today -- Today, October 1-2, commences the Jewish New Year 5772. Rabbi Dr. Brasch, now Chief Minister of Temple Emanuel, Sydney, and spiritual head of Liberal Judaism in New South Wales, during the blitz in London acted there as padre to the Civil Defence. Here he describes a discussion which took place during one of the many nights of attack. It deals with the meaning of the Jewish New Year. October 1, 1951. ;Year The Shofar Sounds Today -- Today, October 1-2, commences