Adina, it isn't a question of Jews, it is a question of conspicuous religious practice. I'm not Jewish, by the way, but if I read the kosher board from time to time it is because I do have friends who are observant Jews, and I like to be able to help them (as well as my Muslim friends) find accommodation. I've worked on international events where we were sensitive to this issue, as well as vegetarianism.
I have many Jewish friends in Paris, but the majority of them are not kosher and would not even understand such a request. Not saying that is how it should be, just how it is. Interestingly, almost all my Jewish friends there who keep kosher are Sephardic/Mizrahi. They come from a universe where Muslims and Orthodox Christians also eat according to religious tenets.
In Paris, it is not only a matter of "dining with gentiles". I've been to events where perhaps 90% of the attendees were of Jewish origin but there was pork charcuterie.
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