Alexander Ryvchin

Alexander (Alex) Ryvchin (born 18 July 1983) is an Australian Jewish lawyer, advocate and commentator. He was born in Kiev, Ukraine and migrated to Australia as a refugee. He practised law at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Sydney and Herbert Smith in London before serving as a spokesman for the Zionist Federation UK and being awarded an Israel Research Fellowship. His writing on the Arab–Israeli conflict and Jewish history has been published in numerous international newspapers, including The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, The National Post (Canada), and The Jerusalem Post. Ryvchin is a regular columnist for The Spectator.

Ryvchin is an outspoken critic of the anti-Israel movement referring to its activists as "self-righteous westerners" with "pretentions to heroism" who seek "redemption" by "slaying the Zionist beast".

He has spoken publicly of his love for Australia and his support for multiculturalism and integration which Ryvchin argues requires that "we accept the duty to uphold the freedoms granted to us and to protect the values underpinning our society – values such as democracy, tolerance, mutual respect."

He is a frequent guest on Sky TV's the Middle East Report. In May 2013, Ryvchin was appointed Director of Public Affairs at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. He currently resides in Sydney with his wife.