Current sectionJewish WorldShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeAlex Ryvchin, painted by Michael Zavros. Credit: Art Gallery of New South WalesAlex Ryvchin of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry is accompanied by bodyguards since the Bondi massacre. Even his portrait, now on show as a finalist for this year's prestigious Archibald Prize, has a guard09:32 PM • May 26 2026 IDTMELBOURNE – There were many unexpected similarities that acclaimed Australian painter Michael Zavros found in common with his portrait subject, Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of the umbrella group Executive Council of Australian Jewry. The pair share olive skin, cropped salt-and-pepper hair and sharply defined features. Both are the fathers of three children. In the NewsHow a Portrait of an Australian Jewish Leader Humanizes an Anguished CommunityCyberattack That Paralyzed Israeli Ministries Was Preventable, State Report SaysLargest-ever Knesset Delegation Bound for NY Israel Day as Mamdani Set to Skip'The Mandalorian and Grogu' Is Another Uninspired 'Star Wars' OfferingMontreal Police Probe Hate Incident After Kippah-wearing Effigy Hung at RallyRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFreed Gaza Flotilla Activists Report Sexual Abuse, Rape in Israeli CustodyBen-Gvir Posts Video of Police Dragging Detained Gaza Flotilla Activists'It Was Okay to Be Crazy': IDF Soldiers Discuss Moral Decay in LebanonWill Trump Forgive Netanyahu Over Iran? The Emerging Deal Suggests NotOn Israel, Gaza and Palestine, Bigmouth Tucker Carlson Spoke Nothing but TruthWorld Leaders Summon Israeli Envoys Over Ben-Gvir Gaza Flotilla Activists Video