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Looks like you found it. The digs by Shukron/Reich are part of multi-year excavations in the area, the final reports are probably not out, but I did see the IAA press release on the significance of the find that you noted: http://www.antiquities.org.il/article_Item_eng.asp?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&...

I've had Lee I. Levine's tome on the subject, The Ancient Synagogue: The First Thousand Years sitting unread on my shelf for over a year. However, I understand it outlines the major considerations for the emergence of the synagogue in antiquity. It's a field of particular expertise for Levine.

Short answer, to my knowledge, is no, but: Since 2004 the IAA puts the list of excavations permits online: http://www.antiquities.org.il/m_digs_eng.asp?shana=2004 Archaeologists in Israel are also required to submit summary and final reports to the IAA, which are published in "Excavations and S...