Polarization and Proximity | What would it look like if we moved towards one another with empathy?

It's obvious that the political climate is polarized. It's cliche to even mention it or use that word. But how do we move towards wholeness? 

The story of Israel can help us recognize how we have more in common with one another than we think. And when we can see ourselves in one another we develop empathy. And empathy is the road to wholeness. 

BUT - the only way towards empathy is to get proximate to one another. We must learn to get close, embrace relationship. 

Is that what Jesus did on the cross? Did Jesus embrace the fullness of human frailty and disconnection on the cross? Did this movement of Jesus create room for empathy and the road to wholeness?