What will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society in a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation? SHARON BROUS, a leading American rabbi, will make the case that it is through honoring our most basic human instinct—the yearning for real connection—that we reawaken our shared humanity and begin to heal. A preacher and storyteller, Brous will pair heart-driven anecdotes from her experience building and pastoring to a leading-edge faith community over the past two decades with ancient Jewish wisdom and contemporary science. Hers is a clarion call: the sense of belonging engendered by our genuine presence is a social and biological need, and a moral and spiritual necessity.