Complex sentence: According to Neil Sandberg of the American Jewish Committee, Jews function in Hollywood not as an ethnic or cultural group, but as individuals answerable to banks and foreign and corporate sponsorship: they are business people, like anywhere else, trying to make a profit.
Split into simpler sentences: According to Neil Sandberg of the American Jewish Committee, Jews function here (in Hollywood) not as an ethnic or cultural group, but as individuals answerable to banks and foreign and corporate sponsorship. These are business people, like anywhere else, trying to make a profit.