jQuery: Any way to "refresh" event handlers?

Try jquery live events .. the $.live(eventname, function) will bind to any current elements that match as well as elements added to the Dom in the future by javascript manipulation.

example:

$("#holder > *").live("click", function(e) { 
        $(this).remove(); 
        $("#bucket").append(this); 
}); 

$("#bucket > *").live("click", function(e) { 
        $(this).remove(); 
        $("#holder").append(this); 
});

Important:

Note that $.live has since been stripped from jQuery (1.9 onwards) and that you should instead use $.on.

I suggest that you refer to this answer for an updated example.

Here you go, using the more intuitive delegate API:

var holder = $('#holder'),
    bucket = $('#bucket');

holder.delegate('*', 'click', function(e) {
    $(this).remove();
    bucket.append(this);
});

bucket.delegate('*', 'click', function(e) {
    $(this).remove();
    holder.append(this);
});

First, live is deprecated. Second, refreshing isn't what you want. You just need to attach the click handler to the right source, in this case: the document.

When you do

$(document).on('click', <id or class of element>, <function>);

the click handler is attached to the document. When the page is loaded, the click handler is attached to a specific instance of an element. When the page is reloaded, that specific instance is gone so the handler isn't going to register any clicks. But the page remains so attach the click handler to the document. Simple and easy.