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Is where you will find me on the Web starting ... now. It's been a good run, and I hope this photo rings true, but my run at the Daily News is about up. Monday I move across town to the Jewish Journal, and hopefully I won't fall on my face.

Either way, you can e-mail me there at BradG@jewishjournal.com. I'll keep blogging at thegodblog.org (which redirects to bradgreenberg.blogspot.com).

I'm boxing up my desk this morning, and then I have an afternoon assignment. The God Blog will be active again tomorrow, my last day at the Daily News. After Thursday, thegodblog.org will become my online forum until the blog moves onto jewishjournal.com.

Would you do it? Would you confess your worst sins for millions -- maybe more -- to read on the Web? I wouldn't, but a growing number of people are pouring out their hearts, albeit anonymously, on sites like ivescrewedup.com, grouphug.us and dailyconfession.com.

"I am so sick and tired of trying to be like everybody else," a 19-year-old from Crystal Lake, Ill., wrote on ivescrewedup.com. "If someone asked me for 3 words to describe myself, I'd have no words. It's like I will do anything with anybody to please somebody all the time....this is insane, I confess that I don't know who I am and that I wish I did."

There's now one week remaining until I head over to the Jewish Journal. To ensure a smooth transition for those who enjoy reading The God Blog, I have registered a web domain -- thegodblog.org -- and have begun cross-posting some items there and adding originals.

When I pack my desk next Thursday, thegodblog.org will be my Internet home until I get set up on the JJ's website. Please join me.

Swiss scientist Michel Mayor, who was credited with co-finding the first planet outside our solar system, is now sleuthing for signs of alien life. What if he finds it? What would that mean for the religious faithful on planet Earth?

"Who still talks nowadays of the extermination of the Armenians?"

Hitler reportedly asked that question of his commanding generals in 1939, as he prepared to rid the world of Jews. Holocaust historians site this quotation when trying to explain Hitler's rational for how his acts would escape world condemnation. And yet, Jews -- who have so much in common with Armenians -- have struggled to embrace Armenians as true kindred spirits, diaspora people like Jews, who, though they did not suffer the Holocaust, suffered a holocaust.

Today marks the 92nd anniversary of the beginning of what most historians call the Armenian Genocide. And though most Western countries have recognized the acts as genocide, the United States and Israel have not. The U.S. has not wanted to offend an important military ally, and Israel has been hard pressed to condemn the founding fathers of the best friend in the Muslim world.

But the tide has shifted.

Well, Donald Trump didn't want me, but the Jewish Journal does.

So today, I accepted a writing job at the largest Jewish paper outside New York. I know what you're thinking. You're not Jewish. Not religiously. No matter how bushy a beard you can grow. Correct, but I'll be reporting about a lot more than just Judaism -- Jewish life, politics, history and most everything else.

The job will be satisfying both professionally and personally. The weekly format and larger newshole will help me develop my narrative voice and become an expert in a specific field. The subject matter will allow me to learn more about my ancestors while getting a paycheck.

My new digs will be in Koreatown. From the 15th floor suite, I can see Kate's office and for the first time since we got married, we'll be able to meet up for lunch. (My first job put us 80 miles apart; the Daily News separates us by 20 miles.)

I'm grateful for the time I've had in Woodland Hills, for the opportunities Ron and Melissa have given me to grow, for the shepherding editing of Aron Miller, who brought me here. This unexpected offer brought a tough decision; I'll miss a lot of people. Brent Hopkins, my good buddy and role model here at the Daily News, had this nice farewell on the paper's union blog.

During the next two weeks, if you have a good religion story, let me know. And after that, I'll be taking the religion blog with me. Loyal God Blogites (Mom, I know you're reading), please come and see what I'm doing for the Jewish Journal.