SO fiddle

Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions

by Nick Craver

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.4/themes/overcast/jquery-ui.css">
<div id="some-id">
    <h2><a href="#">Title</a></h2>
</div>

JavaScript

$("a").click(function() {
    alert($(this).closest("div").attr("id"));
});