[jQuery] Is there a createElement equivalent in jQuery?

[Yansky]

Hi, I was just wondering if there was a createElement equivalent in jQuery. 
e.g. var el = document.createElement('div');

I know I can create it with the inbuilt innerHTML way in jQuery - $('<div
id="foo" />');
But I like to add event handlers to the element I've just created without
having to traverse the dom to find it and then assign an event listener.

e.g. This is how I like to do it:
var altPlayerControlsA3 = document.createElement('a');
altPlayerControlsA3.href='#';
altPlayerControlsA3.setAttribute('style','margin:5px;');
altPlayerControlsA3.id="myytplayerControlsMute";        
altPlayerControlsA3.textContent="Mute";
altPlayerControlsA3.addEventListener('click', function(e){

  e.preventDefault();
  
              //do stuff
  
}, false);

document.body.appendChild(altPlayerControlsA3);

but with jQuery I seem to have to do it like this:

$('body').append("&lt;a href="#" id="myytplayerControlsMute"'
style="margin:5px;">Mute");
$('#myytplayerControlsMute').click(function(){...

Is jQuery able to create elements not using innerHTML?
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