Let's call an ideal $I\lhd R$ <i>Jacobson</i> if $J(I)=\sqrt{I}$. I will answer the question in the title, by constructing, in stages, a unital ring $R$ where the set of Jacobson ideals is not a sublattice of the ideal lattice of $R$. <p> Since the formation of Jacobson radical or nilradical commutes with intersection, it follows that if $A, B\lhd R$ are Jacobson, then $J(A\cap B)=J(A)\cap J(B)=\sqrt{A}\cap \sqrt{B}=\sqrt{A\cap B}$, so $A\cap B$ is also Jacobson. This means that the example I want to construct should have Jacobson ideals $A$ and $B$ where $A+B$ is not Jacobson.<p> **Stage 1.** Let $\mathbb Q$ be the field of rational numbers and let $L$ be the subring of $\mathbb Q$ consisting of fractions $m/n$ with odd denominator. The key fact here is that $L$ is a local integral domain with field of fractions equal to $\mathbb Q$. <p> **Stage 2.** Let $S$ be the subring of $\mathbb Q^{\omega}$ consisting of those tuples $\textbf{q}=(q_0,q_1,\ldots)\in \mathbb Q^{\omega}$ which are eventually constant and which satisfy the condition that the limit $q_{\infty}:=\lim_{n\to\infty} q_n$ belongs in the subring $L\leq \mathbb Q$. So, saying $\textbf{q}\in S$ means the same thing as saying that $\textbf{q}\in \mathbb Q^{\omega}$ and all but finitely many entries of $\textbf{q}$ are equal to some fixed $q_{\infty}\in L$. The key facts here are that<br> <ul> <li> $S$ has trivial Jacobson radical. This is because the $n$th coordinate projection $\pi_n\colon S\to \mathbb Q\colon \textbf{q}\mapsto q_n$ is surjective, hence $\ker(\pi_n)\lhd S$ is a maximal ideal of $S$. This ideal contains exactly those elements of $S$ that vanish in the $n$th coordinate. If one intersects the maximal ideals of this type, one is left with $\textbf{0}=(0,0,\ldots)$ only. Thus, if one intersects all maximal ideals of $S$, one must get the zero ideal of $S$. </li> <li>$S$ has trivial nilradical. This is because the nilradical is contained in the Jacobson radical. </li> <li> $S$ has a retraction onto a subring $L'$ that is isomorphic to the $L$ from Stage 1. Here, the retraction is the map $(q_0,q_1,q_2, \ldots)\mapsto (q_{\infty},q_{\infty},q_{\infty},\ldots)$ where $q_{\infty}$ is $\lim_{n\to\infty} q_n$. </li> </ul><p> **Stage 3.** The ring that I have been aiming for is $R:=\{(\textbf{u},\textbf{v})\in S\times S\;|\;u_{\infty}=v_{\infty}\}$. To make this clear, let me repeat the definition using more words: $R$ is the subring of $S\times S$ consisting of those pairs of tuples that have the same limit. The key facts here are that<br> <ul> <li> $R$ projects onto $S$ in each factor. That is, the composition of the embedding $R\leq S\times S$ with either projection $\pi_i\colon S\times S\to S$, $i=1,2$, is surjective. Let the kernels of these two projections be $A, B\lhd R$, so that <br> $A=\{\{(\textbf{0},\textbf{v})\in S\times S\;|\;v_{\infty}=0\}$ and $B=\{\{(\textbf{u},\textbf{0})\in S\times S\;|\;u_{\infty}=0\}$. Notice that any tuple in $A$ or $B$ is zero in all but finitely many coordinates. <\li> <li> $A$ and $B$ are Jacobson ideals of $R$. This is because $R/A\cong S$, $R/B\cong S$, and $S$ has trivial Jacobson radical. <li> Let $L''$ be the subring of $R$ consisting of all pairs $(\textbf{u},\textbf{v})$ where $\textbf{u}=\textbf{v}=(\ell,\ell,\ell,\ldots)$ where $\ell\in L$. I will refer to $L''$ as the 'diagonal copy' of $L$ inside $R$. It is clear that $L''\cong L$. </li> <li> Let $C=A+B$. I claim that $C$ is the kernel of a retraction of $R$ onto $L''$. To see this, first consider the intersection $C\cap L''$. Since pairs of tuples in $C$ are zero almost everywhere and $L''$ is the diagonal copy of $L$ in $R$, the only common pair must be the diagonal pair with all coordinates zero.<br> Now I want to show that $R=C+L''$. Choose any $x=(\textbf{u},\textbf{v})\in R$ and define $\ell:=u_{\infty}=v_{\infty}$. The pair $d:=((\ell,\ell,\ldots),(\ell,\ell,\ldots))$ belongs to $L''$ while the difference $x-d\in R$ is zero almost everywhere, hence belongs to $C$. This completes the proof that $C$ is the kernel of a retraction of $R$ onto $L''\cong L$. </li> </ul><p> Now I complete the argument. We argued that $A, B\lhd R$ are Jacobson ideals. I must show that $C:=A+B$ is not Jacobson, i.e., that $J(C)\neq \sqrt{C}$. For this we work in $R/C\cong L''\cong L$. It suffices to show that the zero ideal of this quotient is not Jacobson. Equivalently, we must show that the $J(0)\neq \sqrt{0}$ in $L$. But, $L$ is a local domain that is not a field, so $J(0)\neq 0=\sqrt{0}$. \\\\\\