The shock of betrayal that Jacob experienced the morning after his wedding resonates all too easily with us today. When Londoners learned that the perpetrators of the recent bus and subway bombings were probably British citizens, they were stricken with the same outrage and fear that washed over Jacob when he realized his father-in-law had duped him. If we cannot trust the people we name as family or fellow citizens, whom can we trust? If the legal structures of nationality and kinship alone cannot guarantee we will receive fairness and security from one another, what can?
